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Raonic eliminated from Australian Open

Monday, January 21st, 2013

Roger Federer (Vinod Divakaran, Wikimedia Commons)

Milos Raonic may be ranked 13th at the Australian Open, but he has a lot of work to do to crack the top five in men’s tennis.

On Sunday, Raonic lost 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 in straight sets to the great Roger Federer in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Federer made Raonic run and exploit his weak backhand. The bottom line is Federer’s experience and maturity paid off and despite Raonic’s 19 aces, Raonic was unable to win many long points against the four time Australian Open champion.

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Tags: agnieszka radwanska, andy murray, australian open, david ferrer, ekaterina makarova, jeremy chardy, jo-wilfried tsonga, li na, maria sharapova, milos raonic, nicolas almagro, novak djokovic, ROGER FEDERER, serena williams, sloane stephens, svetlana kuznetsova, tomas berdych, victoria azarenka
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Wozniacki eliminated from French Open

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Caroline Wozniacki (Karl Norling, Wikimedia Commons)

More top women’s seeds have been eliminated from the French Open on Friday.

Yesterday it was Kim Clijsters, the number two seed. Today it was Caroline Wozniacki, the women’s number one seed from Denmark and the 2010 French Open finalist Samantha Stosur of Australia.

Wozniacki lost to the twenty-eighth seed, Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3 and Stosur, the eighth seed, lost to Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Hantuchova will now play Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, the 2009 French Open Champion, who hammered Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-0, 6-4.

With Marino being eliminated there are no more Canadians left in the singles’ draws.

Daniel Nestor of Toronto though is alive and well in men’s doubles. Yesterday he won his 800th career match. Ranked second while playing with Max Mirnyi of Belarus, they defeated Gael Monfils and Josselin Ouanna of France 7-6, 6-3 in the first round.

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Tags: albert montanes, caroline wozniacki, daniel nestor, daniela hantuchova, fabio fognini, filippo volandri, french open, gisela dulko, kim clijsters, max mirnyi, samantha stosur, svetlana kuznetsova
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Clijsters eliminated from French Open

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Kim Clijsters (Wikimedia Commons)

Normally when the number 114th ranked player in the world defeats the world ranked number two, it is considered a gigantic upset of large proportions.

However when I heard the news that Kim Clijsters, the 2010 U.S. Open Champion and 2011 Australian Open champion had lost to up and comer Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, I wasn’t too surprised.

Why?

Well, before the French Open, Clijsters injured her foot while at her cousin’s wedding. While dancing barefoot, she turned her ankle, and had her toe stepped on. On Thursday, she was clearly favouring her foot, and limped off the court after her loss.

At 100%. she would have easily beaten Rus, the 2008 Australian Junior Open Champion, but the bad foot was clearly a factor in her performance.

In the men’s side, there were a few upsets. Eighth seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria lost to Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 6-7, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4.

Other seeded men’s players to lose included American Sam Querrey, Russian Nikolay Davydenko, Cyprian Marcos Baghdatis, German Florian Mayer and South African Kevin Anderson.

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Tags: arantxa rus, juan martin del potro, kim clijsters, lukas rosol, novak djokovic, rebecca marino, svetlana kuznetsova
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Marino moves to third round of the French Open

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Rebecca Marino (Nick Laham, Getty Images)

Rebecca Marino, a native of Toronto, and raised in Vancouver, is the last Canadian left in the French Open.

Marino defeated Spain’s Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, and will now play Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round on Friday.

Kuznetsova, is a two-time Grand Slam Champion, having won the U.S. Open in 2004 and the French Open in 2009.

Kuznetsova is seeded 13th, and Marino is seeded 62nd.

In Marino’s three set win over Martinez Sanchez, the Canadian had six more winners (29 to 23).

Marino’s serve continues to be one of her strengths. She had two aces, to Martinez Sanchez’s one, and only three double faults, compared to Martinez Sanchez’s five.

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Tags: aleksandra wozniak, caroline wozniacki, french open, maria jose martinez sanchez, rebecca marino, svetlana kuznetsova
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Weekend Sports Preview–April 2-3–World Men’s Curling Championship, NHL, March Madness, Tennis

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Maria Sharapova (Mike Ehrmann, Getty Images)

April is the time of year when a whole bunch of sports take place at once. It is really an exciting time. Here are the events I’ll be watching this weekend:

Saturday–10:30am–WTA Tennis–Sony Ericsson Open Women’s Final–(8) Victoria Azarenka–Belarus vs. (16) Maria Sharapova–Russia–CBS–The three time Grand Slam champion and fiancee to New Jersey Net Sasha Vujacic (Sharapova) takes on the Belarussian that has strong connections to Oiler goalie Nikolai Khabibulin (Khabibulin helped Azarenka get to the United States) in Miami. Head-to-head the two are tied at two. Azarenka has won the Sony Ericsson Open before, 6-3, 6-1 over Serena Williams in 2009. Sharapova meanwhile is shooting for her 23rd title. She has finished n the finals of Miami twice in the past, but lost to Kim Clijsters in 2005 and Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2006.

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Tags: andy kapp, brad stevens, christof schwaller, glenn howard, jarome iginla, jeff stoughton, jim calhoun, jimmer fredette, john calipari, kemba walker, kim clijsters, maria sharapova, matt howard, nikolai khabibulin, novak djokovic, peja lindholm, RAFAEL NADAL, sasha vujacic, serena williams, shaka smart, svetlana kuznetsova, thomas stjerne, victoria azarenka
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