A look at this week’s tennis tournament homepages, including Dubai, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Marseilles, and a combined tournament in Memphis.
memphis: istomin ousts isner
Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin ousts the highest-seeded American, John Isner, at the 2013 U.S. National Indoor Championships, held in Memphis February 16-24, 2013.
they really do make a difference
Study in stripes: In case ya don’t think it matters, here’s a case where stripes would’ve helped slenderize the Yonex‘ed Brit Elena Baltacha. If this dress looks familiar to you, it’s because that other Elena — Elena Dementieva, is wearing a different piece from the same collection. But notice how the wide swaths of white […]
short balls: anne tweets from memphis
Tweet Me A Tune, Oh Annie: Anne Keothavong is returning to the WTA after a long layoff due to injury, and she’s creating quite the storm in Memphis, Tenn. of all places. The current British No. 3 had been as high as number 48 in the world last year before being knocked off track, but […]
with peacock tail ‘tween her legs, masha wins in memphis
Top seed Maria Sharapova played her second match in 2010 at this week’s combined tour stop in Memphis, Tenn. (FYI, the WTA event is the Cellular South Cup.) Maria beat Shenay Perry 6-0, 6-2 and will play Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round. (Draw: Women’s Singles [pdf]) This is also Masha’s first win of 2010. […]