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2011 Texas Tennis Open V

August 27th, 2011

Hey Tennis Friends!

It’s semifinal day at the Texas Tennis Open!
There’s a lot at stake for each one of these players, . . . some more personal than others.

CORRECTION: There were a lot of late nights editing these videos, so, in this one, I misspelled Pauline Parmentier’s name on the graphics. Hey, it looked good at 2AM 🙂

Away from the camera, Aravane had mentioned that it would be a difficult final because she is friends with Sabine. She indicated that you want your friend to do well, but, then again, you also want to win. Jokingly, she said that they would be battling to the death!

The final scores for the matches I featured are:

Sabine Lisicki d. Irina-Camelia Begu 6-0, 6-1

Aravane Rezai d. Angelique Kerber 6-2, 3-6, 7-5

Alize Cornet / Pauline Parmentier
d. Irina-Camelia Begu / Ipek Senoglu 6-3, 6-3

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2011 Texas Tennis Open IV

August 25th, 2011

Hey Tennis Friends!

The quarterfinal day is here for the Texas Tennis Open!

When I first introduced Aravane Rezai, I actually meant to say, “. . . first SEMIfinalist”, not, “finalist”, as I mis-spoke in the video.

The added touch at the end of the sign off was Sabine’s surprise to me. I had no idea what she was going to do . . . ! Great stuff, though!

The final scores for the matches I featured are:

Aravane Rezai d. Elena Baltacha 6-2, 6-2

Angelique Kerber d. Johanna Larsson 6-0, 6-1

Alberta Brianti / Sorana Cirstea
d. Sofia Arvidsson / Casey Dellacqua 6-3, 6-3

Sabine Lisicki d. Katerina Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2

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2011 Texas Tennis Open III

August 24th, 2011

Hey Tennis Friends!

It’s day three of my coverage from the Texas Tennis Open. Yes, it’s hot, but, so is the action! Just bring plenty of water and a sports drink and y’all will be fine . . .

According to my sources at the Official WTA Tour,
Kateryna had indeed played, and lost, to Dominika Cibulkova twice:
2008 Stanford 6-2, 6-3
2010 US Open 6-2, 5-7, 7-6(7)

The four women’s singles players that are the #1 players in their countries are:
Sofia Arvidsson – Sweden
Kateryna Bondarenko – Ukraine
Dominika Cibulkova – Slovakia
Anastasija Sevastova – Latvia

The final scores for the matches I featured are:

Anastatsija Sevastova d. Sofia Arvidsson 7-6(4), 6-4

Kateryna Bondarenko d. Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-1

Alberta Brianti / Sorana Cirstea
d. Andreja Klepac / Tatiana Poutchek 7-6(2), 6-7(0), [12-10]

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2011 Texas Tennis Open II

August 23rd, 2011

Hey Tennis Friends!

It’s day two of my coverage of the Texas Tennis Open and, as of this morning, three of the top seeds have already gone home (Peng, Wickmayer, Gajdosova). As I always remind you, if you want to see your favorite players, come out to the early rounds, because you never know what will happen!

That was not the first time that Elena Baltacha had taken out a Top 20 player. In fact, since 2010, she took out Top 10 players a few times!

Last year she took out Li Na, twice, (Indian Wells, Eastbourne) and Franchesca Schiavone (Istanbul).

This year, the #1 player from Great Britain has beaten two players who were ranked higher then she: Lucie Hdrecka (41) and Roberta Vinci (37).

The final scores for the matches I featured are:

Elena Baltacha d. Julia Georges 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(2)

Alberta Brianti / Sorana Cirstea
d. Kateryna Bondarenko / Alona Bondarenko 6-3, 3-6, [11-9]

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2011 Texas Tennis Open

August 23rd, 2011

Hey Tennis Friends!

The WTA returns to Texas for the first time in 16 years this week, for the inaugural Texas Tennis Open. I’m at the tournament to encourage you to come on down and check it out!

Originally, Melanie was to play the #1 seeded Peng Shaui. When Peng withdrew because of a left hip injury, Akgul Amanmuradova got put into Peng’s slot as the Lucky Loser.

After a tough first set, and the first game of the second set, Akgul retired because of a lower back injury. Prior to today’s win, Melanie had not won a main draw WTA Tour match win since April of this year.

The final scores for the matches I featured are:

Shahar Peer d. Anastasiya Yakimova 6-1, 6-3

Melanie Oudin d. Akgul Amanmuradova 7-6(6), 1-0 (Retired)

Sabine Lisicki d. Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-0

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