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The Other Winners: Vera Zvonareva In Baku, Mardy Fish In Atlanta

2 Comments Posted by on July 25, 2011

The other winners of this week were Vera Zvonareva who moonballed eased her way to a 6-1 6-4 victory over Ksenia Pervak (I mean seriously, what the hell was that?). Meanwhile, Mardy Fish waited patiently for the inevitable choke from Isner in the final of Atlanta. It came, and he duly mopped up the rest of the match to defend his title in Atlanta and take an early lead in the US Open series.

John Isner, Mardy Fish, US Open Series, Vera Zvonareva

WTA FACTS: Baku Is Wack(u)

2 Comments Posted by on July 15, 2011

At least the stadium is nice.

I’m pretty sure I wasn’t alone in launching into a foul-mouthed rant following the revelation that Portoroz, one of the WTA’s most well-attended International events and a favourite amongst fans, was to be replaced by a brand new tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan – a city I didn’t even know existed before the announcement. And judging by the turnout in the tournament’s qualifying draw, the players feel exactly the same way;

No, your eyes do not deceive you – that is thirteen (13) byes at a WTA level event. On the plus side, they have managed to bribe with dirty, oligarchic oil money attract two top twenty players in the form of Vera Zvonareva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, so we will see what’s going on, no?

Anastasia Pavyluchenkova, Vera Zvonareva

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