Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Olga Govortsova of Belarus will contest Sunday's final of the Kremlin Cup after both secured straight sets victories in their semifinal match-ups.
Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer has won her opening round match in the clay-court SAR tournament in Fes, Morocco, just two months after being refused a visa to play in the United Arab Emirates.
World number one Rafael Nadal had no problems in working his way past past Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-3 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters in California.
For obvious reasons, L'Affaire Shahar Peer and the aftermath dominated the questions last week. I'm thinking the most efficient way to do this is take a few of the recurrent themes in order:
The UAE denies Shahar Peer, an Israeli, a visa to play in a joint WTA/ATP tournament, when she was placed in the main draw. What does this mean for the future of tennis in this region? What is the appropriate response for the WTA and the other players? There can be little tolerance for this kind of behavior, right? -- Aaron Mayfield, Chicago
Organizers of a tennis tournament in Dubai, criticized for banning an Israeli player, said Tuesday they were trying to protect the woman from anti-Israel protests.
Dubai could lose its place on the Women's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week's event, the WTA supremo warned Monday.
Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Olga Govortsova of Belarus will contest Sunday's final of the Kremlin Cup after both secured straight sets victories in their semifinal match-ups.
Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer has won her opening round match in the clay-court SAR tournament in Fes, Morocco, just two months after being refused a visa to play in the United Arab Emirates.
World number one Rafael Nadal had no problems in working his way past past Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-3 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters in California.
For obvious reasons, L'Affaire Shahar Peer and the aftermath dominated the questions last week. I'm thinking the most efficient way to do this is take a few of the recurrent themes in order:
The UAE denies Shahar Peer, an Israeli, a visa to play in a joint WTA/ATP tournament, when she was placed in the main draw. What does this mean for the future of tennis in this region? What is the appropriate response for the WTA and the other players? There can be little tolerance for this kind of behavior, right? -- Aaron Mayfield, Chicago
Organizers of a tennis tournament in Dubai, criticized for banning an Israeli player, said Tuesday they were trying to protect the woman from anti-Israel protests.
Dubai could lose its place on the Women's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week's event, the WTA supremo warned Monday.
The United Arab Emirates has refused to grant a visa to a female Israeli tennis player, preventing her from competing in the Sony Ericsson World Tennis Association Tour in Dubai, the WTA said in a statement Sunday.
Jelena Jankovic 'hot-footed' to a 6-1 6-3 victory against Yvonne Meusburger of Austria in the Australian Open first round as temperatures soared on Rod Laver Arena on Monday.
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova maintained her unbeaten record in 2008 as she powered her way into the semifinals of the Qatar Open with a victory in less than an hour.
Serbian top seed Ana Ivanovic suffered an injury scare on her way to the third round of the Qatar Open with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Olga Govortsova of Belarus in Doha
At the end of their Fed Cup match in Israel, Maria Sharapova said to Shahar Peer, "You should have learned the lesson from yesterday," referring to Peer cheering on the crowd to root for her. I think that after beating Peer one-and-one in front of Peer's home crowd (Peer's first time playing in Israel in an official international match), to say that to her during the handshake was very low-class. At that moment, Sharapova also made a "hush" sign to the crowd. She should know better than to put salt on the losers' wounds a minute after the match. A sore winner, I should say. Your thoughts? -- Eyal Brenner, Tel Aviv, Israel
Amelie Mauresmo, top-seeded Nicole Vaidisova and defending champion Dinara Safina were among the big-name losers in Thursday's quarterfinals of the Australian women's hardcourt tournament.
Former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova moved smoothly into the US Open quarterfinals on Monday, profiting from a bottom half of the women's draw that has been blown wide open.
Open the Mailbag boasting about how clean tennis is, and look at what you get: "As the NBA grapples with a betting scandal, tennis must now confront a potential gambling scam of its own. Officials on Friday were investigating suspicious betting patterns on a match involving top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, who retired with an injury against a low-ranked opponent at an ATP tournament in Poland." -- Jim Bartle, Huaraz, Peru
Maria Sharapova was given a brief scare on her way to a 6-1 6-4 victory over Russian qualifier Alla Kudryavtseva in the French Open third round on Saturday.
When I see Serena Williams play as dominating a match as she did against Maria Sharapova [in Key Biscayne], I'm almost more frustrated with Williams. Not with how she's playing now (stellar) but at the years she wasted in Hollywood. She could have gone down as the best ever, don't you think? -- Ken Schneck, Bronxville, N.Y.
Andy Roddick retired with a strained left hamstring in the first set and allowed Andy Murray to advance to the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday.
Russia's Vera Zvonareva staged a remarkable comeback to send defending champion Maria Sharapova crashing out of the Pacific Life Open on Tuesday, completing an afternoon of major upsets in the women's draw.
In your last column you said Andy Roddick-Roger Federer would be a serious popcorn match. The match was over before I even finished my popcorn! If this is the best opposition Federer can possibly face, we might just as well find some other sport to watch, eh? -- J. Matahelumual, Leiden, Netherlands
Dinara Safina of Russia and Serbia's Ana Ivanovic remained on course for a semifinal showdown after both won their second round matches at the Australian women's hardcourt championships on the Gold Coast.
Russian second seed Anastasia Myskina made a disappointing start to her 2007 campaign by falling at the first hurdle to Argentina's Gisela Dulko in the Auckland Classic on Monday.
Czech Nicole Vaidisova and Israel's Shahar Peer proved spoilsports on Monday when they overcame Russian opponents to reach the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
Amelie Mauresmo showed grit, fearlessness and poise to stage a dramatic final-set recovery and defeat long-time nemesis Serena Williams in fourth-round action at the U.S. Open in New York.
Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne recovered from a first set stumble to beat Japan's Ai Sugiyama 4-6 6-1 6-0 and reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Friday.
Amelie Mauresmo's Wimbledon preparations were abruptly halted when she lost her first match in the Eastbourne grasscourt tournament to fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy.
Former world number one Martina Hingis stuttered to a 6-3 2-6 6-3 win over Israel's Shahar Peer and a place in the quarterfinals of the French Open on Monday.
Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne avenged one of her most disappointing defeats on Saturday when she dispatched Italian Tathiana Garbin 6-4 6-0 to reach the French Open fourth round.
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko won back-to-back Hypo Group International tennis tournament titles on Saturday, defeating Andrei Pavel of Romania 6-0 6-3 in Poertschach, Austria.
Venus Williams raced to a 6-3 6-1 win over Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives at the China Open on Thursday, joining World No. 1 Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals.
Justine Henin-Hardenne battled to a hard-fought first round win in Charleston and declared that she was confident she could make a complete recovery from illness and injury and regain the form which made her world number one.
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