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August 2009

US Open 2009 Men’s Qualifying

August 30, 2009

photo credit:matteo_dudek The US Open Men’s Singles qualifying tournament is played at the same venue as the main event, unlike Wimbledon. The 128 players who did not have a high enough ranking to gain a Direct Acceptance into the main draw contest this knock-out tournament. The other way of being able to contest in the qualifying event [...]

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US Open 2009 Women’s Qualifying

August 29, 2009

photo credit:TGIGreeny Women’s Singles Qualifying: The US Open qualifying tournament is a knock-out tournament just like the main draw of the Grand Slams that also has 32 seeds and 128 players in its draw. 16 spots in the main draw of the US Open are allocated to qualifiers. The qualifiers were those players who won 3 matches in a row in [...]

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US Open 2009 Men’s Seeding

August 28, 2009

photo credit:nicogenin Since Wimbledon 2001 the Grand Slam tournaments have seeded the top 32 ranked players in the singles events to meet in the 3rd round. Prior to that there were only 16 seeds in the Grand Slams, which used to ensure that the seeded players did not player each other until the 4th round. A Grand Slam tournament [...]

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US Open 2009 Women’s Seeding

August 27, 2009

photo credit:Vedia In a Grand Slam event like the US Open the top 32 ranked players are seeded. This ensures that the seeded players cannot player each other until the 3rd round. A Grand Slam tournament main draw for the singles event consists of 128 players. After the 1st two rounds are played only 32 [...]

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Women’s Results in Toronto, Canada

August 26, 2009

photo credit:thoughtquotient.com The Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the WTA Tour (a Premier FIVE event). The 2 million US dollar event is the last major tournament before the US Open. As we consistently mention here on this tennis website that chances of all of the top seeds winning through to the round of 16 are quite slim. [...]

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Kim Clijsters: Comeback Update

August 24, 2009

photo credit:thoughtquotient.com How far do you think Kim Clijsters will progress through the singles draw at the US Open? What do you think her ranking will be once she adds her US Open points to her total thus far? At the Rogers Cup in Toronto last week Clijsters won her 1st round match in straight sets. In [...]

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US Open 2009 Women’s Singles

August 22, 2009

photo credit:Lord TriLink The US Open is held at the United States National Tennis Center in New York. The United States Tennis Association (USTA), named this center in honour of the famous American woman, Billie Jean King. King won 12 Grand Slam singles titles. Pictured above is Serena Williams focusing on the ball toss as she [...]

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US Open 2009 Men’s Singles

August 20, 2009

photo credit:Lucky B The US Open is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. This year Roger Federer will be trying to equal Bill Tilden’s record of 6 straight US Open singles championships titles, which he won from 1920 to 1925. The US Open main draw begins on Monday [...]

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Women Battle for Rogers Cup in Toronto

August 18, 2009

photo credit:bourgol The 7th Major Tournament on the WTA Tour this year is the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the WTA Tour  because it is a Premier FIVE event. The Rogers Cup is the 4th of only 5 Premier Five events to be held in 2009. This event has 2 million [...]

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Women’s Results at Cincinnati, USA

August 16, 2009

photo credit:thoughtquotient.com As predicted here at OnCourt Advantage the Belgian is a player to watch as she cuts her way up the rankings. Kim Clijsters defeated the 12th seed – Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round and beat Patty Schnyder 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round. Clijsters then upset 2009 French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Next [...]

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