Women Tennis

When Ana Ivanovic won the French Open to snap Henin's hold on the title after winning it for three consecutive times, tennis fans proclaimed the youthful Serbian player as the next player who shall dominate the sport, a picture of beauty and grace that has not been seen in the sport since Martina Hingis ruled the women's side. Ivanovic started to wilt under pressure. Maria Sharapova got sidelined for the rest of the year due to her shoulder...

Through the years, people have become more daring in the way they dress?so have sports outfits such as tennis clothing items. It's interesting to trace the roots of tennis clothes and how they evolved over the past years.Men's ApparelThe earliest tennis clothes for men were made up of cardigans or sweater vests, shirts, and long flannel pants. In the 1930s, male tennis players changed their tennis outfits by tossing out flannel pants in favor of...

This past week watching the Williams sisters loose so horribly in France at the 2008 Roland Garros Grand Slam was disheartening. In fact it was downright bad news as far as Im concerned. Because in my mind its over for them. The sisters are done. They may play as professional single players for the next 2 years, but after that I foresee them leaving the game. And they got knocked out early The slam started and I felt like I hadnt even had a...

Those who idolize popular athletes like Roger Federer and Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, are pretty much familiar with tennis. As we all know, tennis is a sport wherein the player hits the ball using a racket. It's like volleyball, in the sense that it uses a net. But it differs in terms of the size of the ball and the tool used. Tennis can be played by two players, called singles, or with four players, called as doubles. And basically,...

The sport of women's tennis has evolved dramatically over the last 30 or so years, and it just seems to be getting more and more competitive each year.Women seem to be a lot stronger and faster in the sport lately, here is my opinion of who I think are the top 7 players since 1980 in women's Tennis, in reverse order.7. Venus Williams, her achievements in her Grand Slams and her Wimbledon wins just go to show what an immense talent this woman is,...