The Tennis Times http://thetennistimes.com Your Look Inside The World Of Tennis From a Players Perspective Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 TheTennisTimeshttp://feedburner.google.com Samantha Stosur Wins Her First WTA Tour Title at Japan Open http://thetennistimes.com/samantha-stosur-wins-her-first-wta-tour-title-at-japan-open/ http://thetennistimes.com/samantha-stosur-wins-her-first-wta-tour-title-at-japan-open/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:10:09 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1960 TENNIS-WTA-JPN

The Tennis Times would like to send out a big congratulations to Samantha Stosur who won her first career WTA tour title at the 2009 Japan Open. Sam is from the same place as me back home in Australia and we played all the same tournaments when I was a junior, so its great to see a fellow Aussie doing so well.

The final match in Japan Sam defeated No. 24 ranked Francesca Schiavone 7-5 6-1 to take home the title.

Stosur was quoted at Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, “I’m very, very pleased to win my first title after losing five previous finals. It has been a personal goal for a while, so I’m glad to have achieved it and it’s the perfect way to finish my year in singles. My next goal is to reach the Top 10, for which I would need to play like today every day.”

Stosur had been on a downward trend the past three years, being ranked No. 29 at the end of 2006, No. 46 at the end of 2007, and No. 49 at the end of 2008. Currently ranked No. 13, she has made a good turn around and her goal of reaching the Top Ten certainly seems possible.

You can see more of Stosur’s career stats at Sony Ericcson WTA Tour.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/samantha-stosur-wins-her-first-wta-tour-title-at-japan-open/feed/ 0 Juan Martin del Porto is the Fifth Player to Qualify for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals http://thetennistimes.com/juan-martin-del-porto-is-the-fifth-player-to-qualify-for-barclays-atp-world-tour-finals/ http://thetennistimes.com/juan-martin-del-porto-is-the-fifth-player-to-qualify-for-barclays-atp-world-tour-finals/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:11:45 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1956 Can you say cheese! Newly crowned US Open mens singles champion Juan Martin del Potro has become the fifth player to qualify for the end of year Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. He has joined Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic for the event which takes place at the O2 in London from 22-29 November.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/juan-martin-del-porto-is-the-fifth-player-to-qualify-for-barclays-atp-world-tour-finals/feed/ 1 Kim Clijsters Wins the US Open Womens Singles Title over Caroline Wozniacki http://thetennistimes.com/kim-clijsters-wins-the-us-open-womens-singles-title-over-caroline-wozniacki/ http://thetennistimes.com/kim-clijsters-wins-the-us-open-womens-singles-title-over-caroline-wozniacki/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:24:06 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1944 kim clijsters us openKim Clijsters has capped a great return to womens tennis with a 7-5 6-3 win in the final of the US Open over Caroline Wozniacki. Kim received a wildcard into the event in which now she goes from being unranked in the world to the Number 19 player in the world according to projections.

Nevertheless, congrats to the 19-year-old Wozniacki for making the finals and becoming the first Dane, man or woman, to reach the finals of a Grand Slam in the Open Era.

Congrats to Kim Clijsters the 2009 US Open Womens Singles Champion

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/kim-clijsters-wins-the-us-open-womens-singles-title-over-caroline-wozniacki/feed/ 0 Serena Williams Defaulted from US Open Semi Final Against Kim Clijsters, Terrible! http://thetennistimes.com/serena-williams-defaulted-from-us-open-semi-final-against-kim-clijsters-terrible/ http://thetennistimes.com/serena-williams-defaulted-from-us-open-semi-final-against-kim-clijsters-terrible/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:03:09 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1940 serena_williams

Womens Tennis has just got a lot worse for me. Serena Williams at the US Open was pretty much a disgrace to Womens Tennis after being defaulted from her semi-final against Kim Clijsters. Here is the incident and the after match interview. Whats your thoughts?


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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/serena-williams-defaulted-from-us-open-semi-final-against-kim-clijsters-terrible/feed/ 0 Roger Federer Reaches $50 Million in Career Prize money after First Round US Open 2009 Win http://thetennistimes.com/roger-federer-reaches-50-million-in-career-prize-money-after-first-round-us-open-2009-win/ http://thetennistimes.com/roger-federer-reaches-50-million-in-career-prize-money-after-first-round-us-open-2009-win/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:51:31 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1936 roger federer us open 2009Roger Federer became the first tennis player to reach $50 million in career prize money with his first-round win at the U.S. Open tennis championship. The 28-year-old Swiss, who is guaranteed at least $31,000 by advancing in New York, is seeking his sixth straight U.S. Open title and 16th Grand Slam championship.

Here is a quick breakdown of the US Open prizemoney is for 2009:

PLAYER BASE PRIZE MONEY POTENTIAL PAYOUT WITH BONUS
Winners $ 1,200,000 $ 2,200,000
Runners-Up $ 600,000 $1,100,000
Semifinalists $ 280,000 $ 530,000
Quarterfinalists $ 140,000 $ 265,000
Round of 16 $ 72,000 $ 142,000
Third Round $ 42,000 $ 82,000
Second Round $ 26,500 $ 51,500
First Round $ 16,500 $ 31,500
TOTAL $ 12,144,000 $ 14,769,000

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/roger-federer-reaches-50-million-in-career-prize-money-after-first-round-us-open-2009-win/feed/ 0 Andy Murray Questions Serena Williams and Her Interest Outside of Grand Slam Tournaments http://thetennistimes.com/andy-murray-questions-serena-williams-and-her-interest-outside-of-grand-slam-tournaments/ http://thetennistimes.com/andy-murray-questions-serena-williams-and-her-interest-outside-of-grand-slam-tournaments/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:40:23 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1931 andy murray us open 2009

Andy Murray has entered the debate over the value of the tennis world rankings by questioning the Williams sisters’ interest in tournaments outside the grand slams.

The rise of Russian Dinara Safina to No 1 has raised the question of whether it is justifiable for a player without a grand slam title to be on top. Serena Williams has won three of the last four grand slam women’s singles titles, however she only stands at No. 2 in the WTA Tour standings. Men’s world No. 2 Murray, who has also still yet to win one of the four top tournaments in tennis, believes there would be little merit in raising the points on offer at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open just to ensure the winners of those events have a better chance of topping the rankings.

Murray understands why the issue is being discussed, and why there are varying views, but he is convinced the ranking systems as they stand have plenty of merit.

The Scot said:

“Do you not agree that it’s important for the top players like Serena to turn up at the other big events? “Tennis (has) an 11-month calendar. If you have ranking points which are too small for Serena to turn up at some of the smaller events, then all of a sudden the whole calendar is completely pointless and she can turn up — which is probably what she wants to do — at the four slams and play, and then not play for the rest of the year. And I think you have to be rewarded for consistency, and her consistency in slams is great, but in the other tournaments I don’t think it is.”

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/andy-murray-questions-serena-williams-and-her-interest-outside-of-grand-slam-tournaments/feed/ 3 Is Womens Tennis Getting Strong From The Return Of Kim Clijsters? http://thetennistimes.com/is-womens-tennis-getting-strong-from-the-return-of-kim-clijsters/ http://thetennistimes.com/is-womens-tennis-getting-strong-from-the-return-of-kim-clijsters/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:25:30 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1926 kim clijsters us open 2009

I love the consistency of womens tennis, but I still find it funny how you can have a match in which you win the first set 6-0 and then lose the next set 6-0!

Currently in the female game I think that there are still 3-4 key players who seem to be in the finals of every tournament they play, but I do think the depth of the womens game is getting a lot better of late. At this years US Open we have seen the return of Kim Clijsters (in which it is great to see her back on court), who has been playing very well and now finds herself in the quarterfinals. However, the point of this article is to discuss how in Kim’s last match she won the first set 6-0 against Venus Williams, but then quickly lost the next set 6-0. It is great to see that Kim sorted herself out to drive through the final set 6-4 to book her place in the quarterfinals. However, do these kind of results still show how hot and cold some women tennis can still be?

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/is-womens-tennis-getting-strong-from-the-return-of-kim-clijsters/feed/ 0 US Open Officials Warns Players That They Arent Allowed To Twitter http://thetennistimes.com/us-open-officials-warns-players-that-they-arent-allowed-to-twitter/ http://thetennistimes.com/us-open-officials-warns-players-that-they-arent-allowed-to-twitter/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:20:31 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1919 Tournament officials have warned players not to broadcast “inside information” via Twitter at this years US Open. Naturally, players complain about it via Twitter. I find it very funny that the US Open has warned players to not broadcast inside information on Twitter, as if most players are stupid enough to do this in the first place. I think Andy Roddick sums it up the best.

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Twitter is pretty much just texting online which allows people from all over the world to listen to what you have to say. I cant really see how tournaments can stop players from Twittering in their spare time and even on court to a degree. Tennis is a professional sport and if you are on tour then you know that giving away inside information or betting on tennis could see you hit with serious consequences.

Plus if you aren’t already following The Tennis Times on Twitter then why the hell not!

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/us-open-officials-warns-players-that-they-arent-allowed-to-twitter/feed/ 0 US Open 2009 Is Off and Running and Read The Tennis Times for the Latest Gossip and Analysis http://thetennistimes.com/us-open-2009-is-off-and-running-and-read-the-tennis-times-for-the-latest-gossip-and-analysis/ http://thetennistimes.com/us-open-2009-is-off-and-running-and-read-the-tennis-times-for-the-latest-gossip-and-analysis/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:29:36 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1915 us_open

Yes it is US Open time yet again. The richest tournament in the world is going to be very interesting this year.

In the first day we have seen some interesting results but most of the key players are through to the second round. If you want to keep up to date with all the scores and results from the US Open 2009 make sure you head to the official site, www.usopen.org.

Here at The Tennis Times we arent going to just provide our readers with the basic scores, but we do have a US Open widget in the top of sidebar of each post. The Tennis Times will be aiming to provide more indepth and analysis from the US Open but with a fun side. Im tired of most tennis sites just reproducing the basic scores when most people dont want to read that sort of thing when they can get it from ESPN or other sources.

So stay tuned for some fun/gossip/analysis articles coming very soon.

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]]> http://thetennistimes.com/us-open-2009-is-off-and-running-and-read-the-tennis-times-for-the-latest-gossip-and-analysis/feed/ 1 Major Changes Here At The Tennis Times http://thetennistimes.com/major-changes-here-at-the-tennis-times/ http://thetennistimes.com/major-changes-here-at-the-tennis-times/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:07:05 +0000 The Insider http://thetennistimes.com/?p=1911 Here at The Tennis Times you might have noticed that there hasnt been too much activity this month. Additionally you may have just noticed our new design. We have been trying to upgrade our service while at the same time find more time to provide you with the latest happens from around the world of tennis.

Improvements:

  • New design interface which we hope will make it easier to find the articles they are looking for and to navigate through the site
  • Twitter growth. Our twitter account @thetennistimes has been growing rapidly over the last few months, so if your not already following us make sure you are!

Coming Improvements:

  • More player profiles
  • Forums
  • Frequency of posts we are hoping to improve by the end of the year. If you have any tips make sure you send them our way.

If you have any suggestions make sure you get in touch via our Twitter account.

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