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Sloane Stephens Into Main Draw In Miami
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

(Photo courtesy of Tennis Panorama News)
In a second consecutive effort, American wild card Sloane Stephens has qualified for the main draw, defeating Australian’s Sophie Ferguson. Stephens prevailed in the first set tie-break, 7-6(4), and ran away with the second set 6-1.
Last week Sloane came through qualifying to enter the main draw of the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, California, where she exited in the second round.
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Posted by Shelia at 8:54 AM Labels: 2011 BNP Paribas Open, 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Australia, Indian Wells California, Sloane Stephens, Sophie Ferguson Email this post
Sloane Stephens Earns Date With Wozniacki
Thursday, March 10, 2011

The 17-year-old Stephens achieved her career-best win on her tour-level debut here last year, when she came through the qualifying rounds and defeated a 67th-ranked Lucie Hradecka before falling to No. 12 Vera Zvonareva. This will her first win against a player ranked in the Top 10 of the WTA Rankings.
Hampton, the lone American among the 12 qualifiers, was looking for her first win in her sixth tour-level main draw appearance.
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Posted by Shelia at 9:45 PM Labels: BNP Paribas Open, Caroline Wozniacki, Indian Wells California, Jamie Hampton, Lucie Hradecka, Sloane Stephens, Vera Zvonareva Email this post
WTA, ATP And USTA Pro Circuit Tennis Action This Week
Monday, March 7, 2011
ROUND 1
WOMEN
Singles
(WC)Sloane Stephens, USA defeated (Q)Jamie Hampton, USA
6-2, 6-4
Doubles
Racquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
defeated
Julia Goerges, GER and Lisa Raymond, USA
7-6(7), 6-3
Posted by Shelia at 4:38 AM Labels: 2008 ATP World Tour, 2011 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells California, USTA Pro Circuit, WTA Email this post
American James Blake Among Wild Cards At Indian Wells
The BNP Paribas Open announced Blake as one of their wild card recipients in saying, "American veteran and former World No. 4 James Blake, who will be seeking to conjure up memories of 2006 when he made the finals of the BNP Paribas Open. The 10-time winner on the ATP World Tour battled injuries throughout 2010, but is starting to get healthy and looking to climb the rankings."
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Posted by Shelia at 4:02 AM Labels: 2008 ATP World Tour, 2011 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells California, James Blake Email this post
Pennetta Axes Angela
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sorry to see American Angela Haynes have to make her exit in the third round, she's put in the work on this one. Angela prevailed in the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw and has been playing well.
I was definitely concerned when I saw that she was scheduled to play Italian Flavia Pennetta. Pennetta can be a force to be reckoned with on any given day. Although Angela was able to take the first set off of Pennetta, she wasn't able to mount enough game to hold on through the next two sets. Pennetta took the win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Hopefully we'll be seeing more of Angela in upcoming tour tournaments.
I was definitely concerned when I saw that she was scheduled to play Italian Flavia Pennetta. Pennetta can be a force to be reckoned with on any given day. Although Angela was able to take the first set off of Pennetta, she wasn't able to mount enough game to hold on through the next two sets. Pennetta took the win 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Hopefully we'll be seeing more of Angela in upcoming tour tournaments.
Photos by Jeff Gross/Getty Images
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Posted by Shelia at 10:10 PM Labels: Angela Haynes, BNP Paribas Open, Flavia Pennetta, Indian Wells California Email this post
Dang... Talk About Being In A Funk! Blake Bounced
Maaaan!
While you can't win 'em all, you can at least 'act' like you want to be there. American James Blake lumbered around the court with the appearance of very little interest in the match, especially in the second set. He played as if it was a foregone conclusion that he would lose. Something smacked the fight right out of Blake today; and it wasn't Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.
Gonzalez definitely played well, but he didn't present anything Blake hasn't previously faced. The 7-5, 6-1 defeat sounds as if he took Blake to the woodshed, not so. Blake wasn't available to be taken to the woodshed, he was out to lunch somewhere.
This is Blake's 7th straight loss to Gonzalez.
“I think my serve was a big difference,” said Blake. “I think I probably got about two, maybe three free points, in the whole second set on the first serve wasn't coming in. And when it was coming in, it wasn't hitting its spot. If I'm not getting any free points off of that, and he's as confident as he was playing after winning that first set, then it's going to be tough for me.”
"This was just a bad day, it hurts. It makes me want to get back on the practice court."
Perhaps our dear Mr. Blake needs a mini vacay. Oops, he took one today.Photo by Getty Images
Posted by Shelia at 5:24 PM Labels: BNP Paribas Open, Chile, Fernando Gonzalez, Indian Wells California, James Blake Email this post
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