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Novak Djokovic

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/31/2012

For the undisputed world #1, the surprising has become commonplace, the shocking mildly interesting, and the superhuman almost predictable. Reeling from fatigue midway through the fifth set, Djokovic looked doomed when he meekly surrendered...

In this sequel to our WTA review, we continue to wrap our minds around perhaps the most thrilling tournament that we ever have had the privilege to witness.Djokovic: For the undisputed world #1, the surprising has become commonplace, the shocking...

Samantha Stosur

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Serena Williams

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Clearly hampered by a significant ankle injury, she never found her rhythm against Makarova or summoned her famous willpower for a signature comeback. As Serena’s career fades, she will find such comebacks more and more difficult...

Vera Zvonareva

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Like her doubles partner Kuznetsova, she recovered from losing in the first week of singles to win the doubles title, a pleasant contrast to the usual struggles of both women in championship matches. Defeating defending champions Dulko and...

Li Na

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

In the wake of a stirring charge to the Sydney final, the Chinese #1 seemed primed for a deep run into the second week of a major where she had reached consecutive semifinals. The deities of the draw engineered a different outcome by...

Serbs: Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Once again, both Ivanovic and Jankovic fell before the quarterfinals of a major, succumbing to the top two players in the world at the same stage (the fourth round). Each had accumulated momentum through their first three matches,...

Germans: Sabine Lisicki and Julia Goerges

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Without Petkovic to spearhead their charge, the descendants of Steffi Graf compensated for their flagship’s absence. Into the second week after a comeback victory over Kuznetsova, Lisicki won a set from eventual finalist Sharapova and...

Caroline Wozniacki

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Registering only one victory over a creditable opponent, she exited rather tamely for the fourth straight major and finally conceded the #1 ranking. New coach Ricardo Sanchez hardly seems like the ideal choice for the world #4, considering...

First-time Quarterfinalists: Sara Errani and Ekaterina Makarova

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

The greatest surprise of either draw, Sara Errani stepped boldly into the void left by more notable figures like Stosur and Bartoli. Although she recorded no remarkable upsets of her own, the Italian deserves credit for taking advantage of...

Agnieszka Radwanska

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Following the best stretch of her career during last fall, expectations rose higher for Radwanska when she arrived in the season’s first major. After an uneven rollercoaster in the first round, she accumulated momentum until the...

Petra Kvitova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Widely considered the favorite to reach the #1 ranking and win the title, she struck her richest vein of form more intermittently than one would have hoped. Struggling for stretches against the underpowered but canny Suarez Navarro and...

Kim Clijsters

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

In her final Australian Open, Clijsters offered her Melbourne fans ample opportunities to admire her athleticism one last time. Despite a body battered by injuries, she overcame a twisted ankle to mount a memorable comeback against Li Na in...

Maria Sharapova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

For the second time in three majors, she carved a route to the second Saturday, which many once thought that she would not reach again after shoulder surgery. For the first time since then, the Russian’s serve never deserted her at a...

Victoria Azarenka

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

Serving at 0-2, 0-30 in the final after a third double fault, Azarenka looked like a deer trapped in the spotlight of Rod Laver Arena. But the first-time major finalist rebounded with aplomb as she had throughout her last three matches,...

Farewell to Oz: Grading the Australian Open (WTA Edition)

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/30/2012

After a thrilling fortnight at the Australian Open, we compile the first of two articles that review the tournaments most memorable performers, for better or for worse.Azarenka: Serving at 0-2, 0-30 in the final after a third double fault,...

Australian Open Men's Final: Djokovic vs. Nadal

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

And so they meet again, the two best players in the world, on yet another grand stage. After a fortnight of largely predictable tennis in the men’s draw arrives a match that nearly everyone had expected, at least outside Switzerland...

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

Come back to NewYorkObserverTennis.com at 3 AM ET (12 AM PT) for a live chat during the 2012 Australian Open men's final!

Why Nadal Could Win: Regression to the Mean

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

In a random sample of six meetings between the two best players in the world, one player likely will not win all six. Djokovic certainly played better than Nadal throughout 2011, but he didn't play as dramatically, overwhelmingly better as a...

Why Djokovic Could Win: Momentum

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

The experience of escaping from a perilous situation and snatching victory from the jaws of defeat often can create a surge of momentum that propels a player through his next match. For evidence, look no further than Djokovic's victory over...

Why Nadal Could Win: The Strong Answer

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

Conversely, Nadal began each of his last two matches by losing the first set, which intensified the pressure on him for the second set. Yet the world #2 responded convincingly to that early adversity, slowly wresting away the momentum from...

Why Djokovic Could Win: The Fast Start

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

Before encountering mid-match resistance from Hewitt, Ferrer, and Murray, Djokovic started each of those matches in commanding fashion. In his two meetings with Nadal at 2011 majors, likewise, he leaped out to a two-set lead that only the...

Why Nadal Could Win: Pressure

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

In the wake of a spectacular 2011 season equal to anything that Federer or Nadal has achieved, Djokovic admitted that he probably could not repeat those feats in 2012. At some psychological level, however, he surely will feel the internal...

Why Djokovic Could Win: The Backhand

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

During his rivalry with Federer, Nadal could depend on chipping away at the Swiss star's one-handed backhand with his heavy, spin-smothered lefty forehand. But Djokovic prefers a higher striking point for his own two-hander, which can match...

Why Nadal Could Win: The Serve

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

After he lost his serve 11 times in the US Open, a career high, Nadal realized that he neded to address a serve that hadn't earned many free points for him throughout the season. The knowledge of his ability to break allowed the Serb to...

Why Djokovic Could Win: The Surface

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

Since losing the Indian Wells final to Nadal in 2007, Djokovic has compiled a 10-4 record against the Spaniard on hard courts of all speeds. While they never have met in Rod Laver Arena, his success at Indian Wells and Miami suggests that...

Why Nadal Could Win: The Physical Edge

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

Although Djokovic gained great attention for his improved fitness last year, he has struggled with breathing problems and looked enervated at times in each of his last three matches. A semifinal triumph over Murray stretched nearly five...

Why Djokovic Could Win: The Mental Edge

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/29/2012

Between Indian Wells and the US Open last year, Djokovic won six finals from Nadal in an unprecedented streak of success for any rival of the Spaniard. Ominously, the victories grew more commanding as they progressed, including two major...

Sharapova vs. Kvitova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/25/2012

Through the minds of both statuesque blondes will wander the memories of their meeting on the most prestigious stage in the sport last year. Whereas one woman will seek continuity, the other will focus on plotting her revenge. Not...

Clijsters vs. Azarenka

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/25/2012

From their head-to-head spring few memorable matches and fewer lessons, other than the Belgian’s superiority in three-setters. Winning both of her final stanzas against Azarenka, Clijsters benefited from her opponent’s emotional...

Federer vs. Nadal

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By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/25/2012

When one glances back across the tapestry woven together by the two great rivals of their generation, one cannot fail to see the central role of clay and grass in this narrative. Only once have they met at a hard-court major in a memorable...

Keys vs. Zheng

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

After Christina McHale overcame Safarova, another young American woman aims to continue her nation’s momentum. The Auckland titlist, Zheng peppers the baseline with flat, low groundstrokes that bedevil tall players. Her opponent...

Mahut vs. Stepanek

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

Lilting around the court with a panache undimmed by age, these serve-volley artists probably would prefer a faster surface, like grass or an indoor hard court. Vestiges of a nearly vanished area, Mahut and Stepanek will engage in truncated...

Zvonareva vs. Dulgheru

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

Strung tightly herself throughout a lopsided Sydney loss to Kuznetsova, Zvonareva looks ripe for an upset as she attempts to defend semifinal points. Dulgheru overcame Kvitova in the first round of the US Open, battled Sharapova to a...

Dokic vs. Chakvetadze

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

When they met three Australian Opens ago, one of these women still held a prominent position in the WTA, and the other sought to mount a comeback from obscurity. Now, both Dokic and Chakvetadze seek to revive their careers from potentially...

Haase vs. Roddick

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

Dominant through two sets against Murray at the US Open, the lanky Dutchman somehow lost the script and ultimately the match. This pattern defined much of Haase’s 2011 campaign, which featured no fewer than twelve defeats in which he...

Murray vs. Harrison

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

Before one feels sorry for Ryan Harrison’s unfortunate luck in drawing Murray for his first-round opponent, one should remember that Harrison probably doesn’t feel sorry for himself. Never bereft of confidence against leading...

Sharapova vs. Dulko

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

Recovering from an ankle injury sustained at Tokyo last fall, Sharapova has played only a handful of matches since the US Open and none at all in 2012. Understandably in those circumstances, she looked sporadically brilliant and sporadically...

Kirilenko vs. Gajdosova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

After she absorbed a humiliating double bagel against Bartoli in Hopman Cup, Gajdosova fell well short of defending her Hobart title. The second-ranked Australian woman thus hopes to salvage her January with a creditable performance in...

Paszek vs. Serena

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

A surprise quarterfinalist at Wimbledon last year, Paszek reinvigorated a career that had disappointed over the previous few years following injuries and sporadic play. Australian fans might recall her as the player who nearly upset Jankovic...

Dushevina vs. Kvitova

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/16/2012

Falling in the first round of the US Open, Kvitova lost six of nine matches on outdoor hard courts during the spring and summer of 2011. The favorite for the title notwithstanding, she faces a potentially tricky encounter against a woman who...

Safarova vs. McHale

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

Initially overshadowed by her peer Melanie Oudin, McHale likely will surpass her before their careers end. The American teenager tasted significant success for the first time last summer with victories over Wozniacki, Kuznetsova, and...

Pironkova vs. Mirza

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

Dimitrov’s partner at the Hopman Cup, the willowy Pironkova enjoyed noteworthy success there herself while winning a set from Wozniacki Her understated style contrasts starkly with the uncompromising aggression of Mirza, the top-ranked...

Chardy vs. Dimitrov

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

Searching for his notable run at a major, Dimitrov turned heads by severely testing eventual semifinalist Tsonga at Wimbledon. Modeled on Federer, his game bears an eerie resemblance to the Swiss star in not only his one-handed backhand and...

Hercog vs. Goerges

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

While Goerges retired from Sydney with an illness, Hercog suffered a back injury in Brisbane, so both limp into this otherwise intriguing encounter. After an impressive clay season, Goerges never quite assembled her intimidating but often...

Rezai vs. Peng

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

The best season of Peng’s career began last year when she upset Jankovic at the Australian Open and fought deep into a three-setter against Radwanska. Across the net stands a player who recorded her greatest accomplishments two years...

Fish vs. Muller

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

Like his fellow eighth seed, the top-ranked American looks the ripest for an upset among his fellow elite contenders. Injured for much of last fall, Fish endured a disastrous week in Hopman Cup that included an uncharacteristic...

Mattek-Sands vs. Radwanska

By ChrisSkelton @ Sharapovanovic- Your Ticket to Tennis! 01/15/2012

Sometimes daunted by imposing servers, Radwanska feasts upon players with tendencies to donate swarms of unforced errors. In this eccentric American, she will face an opponent with a modestly imposing serve and a talent for finishing points...

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