Milagros Sequera

Olympic tennis results (update 4)

Following are the results from the Beijing Olympic tennis event on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men's singles: Rainer Schuettler, Germany, bt Kei Nishikori, Japan, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 Lu Yen-hsun, Chinese Taipei, bt...

No easy matches as women's draw remains wide open

It seems there are no certainties any more at the top of women’s tennis. Not so long ago the marquee names could generally bank on reaching the quarterfinals, but the demise of the third seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova on Monday...

Flashback - Daniela Hantuchova - August 1998

Week commencing: 10th August 1998 Subject: Professional tournament debut and career since On the banks of the Danube River in the South West of the Slovak Republic, the country’s largest city, Bratislava, hosted a $75,000 ITF...

DRAW: Women's singles tennis draw

Beijing - Draw for the women's singles Olympic tennis tournament made Thursday in Beijing. Country and seeding in brackets.Upper Half: Ana Ivanovic (Serbia/1) - Mariya Koryttseva (Ukraine) Tatiana Golovin (France) - Lucie...

Ivanovic to take on Koryttseva in first game

Beijing - With eight of the World's top ten competing in the women's tennis tournament in Beijing, the competition seems to be as tough as it gets. Top seeded world number one Ana Ivanovic, who will lose her number one ranking...

Knowles likely will return to Capitals in '09

By Paul Bauman - pbauman@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C6 Mark Knowles, a three-time World TeamTennis Male MVP formerly ranked No. 1 in the world in doubles,...

Buzz reach playoffs

Strong doubles play helps defeat Sportimes 23Sportimes11 ALBANY -- In the opening set of Sunday night's World TeamTennis match against the New York Sportimes, Gabriela Navratilova faked to her left, poached to the right and...

Mashona Washington and Sacha Jones lead Kastles to thrilling comeback victory

World TeamTennis (WTT) • Discuss this story on the World TeamTennis message board... The Kastles notched their third straight win with an exciting 18-17 victory over division rivals, the New York Sportimes, in front of another...

Allentown photos

Photo 1: Milagros Sequera receives the winners cheque Photo 2: Singles finalists Amanda Fink (runner-up) and Milagros Sequera (champion) Photo 3: Doubles finalists Chin-Wei Chan & Natalie Grandin (runners-up) and Nicole Kriz &...

One-handed backhand now a rarity in post-Henin era

By Douglas Robson, Special for USA TODAY WIMBLEDON, England — That Justine Henin's sudden retirement last month left a major void in women's tennis is no secret. The lawns of Wimbledon were once dominated by the elegant...

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