Caroline Wozniacki Rallies to Beat Rising Star Andrea Petkovic in Stuttgart

World No. 1. Caroline Wozniacki defeated rising German star Andrea Petkovic 6-4, 6-1 in Stuttgart earlier today. Petkovic has had an amazing start to the year including a 4th round victory over Wozniacki in Miami and had the advantage of a super supporting home crowd. She used that advantage to the fullest early on when she blasted winners past Wozniacki to go up 4-1, 40-0 on Wozniacki’s serve.... 

Avnet LPGA Classic: Who Is Hot and Ready to Claim Victory in the South?

We are one week away from the start of the 2011 Avnet LPGA Classic in Mobile, Al. So let’s take a look at some of the LPGA golfers who are hot and ready to claim victory at Magnolia Groves, Crossing Course next week. When you talk about the LPGA and the hottest player in the world of women’s golf, you don’t have to look any further than the world’s No. 1, Yani Tseng. The... 

Tennis: Robin Soderling Upset by Ivan Dodig; Rafael Nadal Forges Foward

Tennis Now!   World No. 56 Ivan Dodig of Croatia moves to the third round of the Barcelona Open 6-2, 6-4 after upsetting French Open runner-up and third seed Robin Soderling in the Swede’s first match on clay this year. This is Dodig’s first top 10 win and was revenge for his loss in Miami to Soderling. Dodig plays 15th seed and newbie to clay courts, Milos Raonic, who took out Simon... 

Tennis: Janko Tipsarevic Does His Best Novak Djokovic Impression

Mr. Unbeatable in 2011, Novak Djokovic, has been known in the past to do an impersonation or two of his fellow tennis stars that were at times fairly accurate and earned him the title, “the Djoker.” At the Monte-Carlo Player Show, fellow Serbian player Janko Tipsarevic took it upon himself to play a little djoke on Novak by doing a little impersonation skit with the help of Viktor... 

Men’s Tennis: Do Mardy Fish and Jurgen Melzer Cancel the Weak Era Argument?

American Mardy Fish has just made his debut into the top ten. In January, Austrian Jurgen Melzer did the same and now rests at No. 8. What do these two players have in common? Two things—one is that they are both born in the same year as Roger Federer, that being 1981. The other thing is that both of them made it to the all-time top ten ranking of oldest players to debut in the top ten. In fact,... 

Wozniacki, Clijsters & Zvonareva Out to Take Control of Wide Open Women’s Tennis

Since the long term injury to Serena Williams and the demise, through injury of Maria Sharapova and with the final retirement of Justine Henin, there is currently no female player who absolutely dominates world tennis. Currently the top three are Caroline Wozniacki, Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva, who will hold those positions when the French Open Championship begins in Paris in May. The latest world... 

Rory McIlroy at the Masters and the Ballsiest Interviews in Golf History

Almost two weeks removed from the final round of the Masters, and the shock of watching Rory McIlroy’s Sunday collapse is just starting to wear off. While I thoroughly enjoyed watching the final round, especially the finishing holes, McIlroy’s collapse was painful. I do believe that McIlroy will eventually win multiple majors, but it isn’t entirely his physical game that makes me... 

Top Dop: Nadal, Djokovic Battle for No. 1 Ranking

Novak Djokovic is on fire right now. Coming out of the spring hard court swing, he is undefeated, with the third-best start ever on the men’s tour. His confidence is off the charts and he’s beating up on his two rivals, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Can anything stop the Djokovic Djuggernaut? Djokovic has done so well that there is talk of his threatening Nadal for the year-end No. 1... 

PGA: Vegas Odds for Luke Donald and Other Heritage Contenders

I was sitting here debating on writing an article about this week’s tournament, The Heritage, which begins Thursday morning from Hilton Head, South Carolina when the preview from Featured Columnist Kathy Bissell was released. It is a great article previewing the tournament and lists ten golfers which are expected to compete for the championship and the plaid jacket that accompanies it. Check... 

The Jackie Robinson of Tennis: The Robert Ryland Story

CONNECTICUT — In sports history, names like Jackie Robinson (baseball), Earl Lloyd (basketball), and Willie O’Ree (hockey) are synonymous with most fans as being pioneers in their given endeavors. But as always, there are several other sports figures whose names aren’t as readily known in mainstream media. Such is Robert Ryland, who is recognized as being the first ever black... 

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