Tennis Bids Farewell to Elena Dementieva: Has The Romance Faded?

The retirement of Elena Dementieva comes as a bit of a shock and surprise to her many fans. She was one Russian player who always seemed on the cusp of usurping a Grand Slam but just could not pull it off. She came close twice—each time losing to her fellow Russian contemporaries,  Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anastasia Myskina. Elena does have the consolation of winning a Gold at the 2008 Beijing... 

Rafael Nadal: The Tennis Phenomenon and the Modest Young Man from Mallorca

Rafael Nadal is the current world number one. He has won nine Grand Slam titles and at 24, is the youngest in the Open Era to complete the career slam. In fact, he has completed the career golden slam. He has achieved the European double twice. He has won three consecutive Grand Slam titles this year and could make history by making it four in a row if he wins the Australian Open 2011.... 

Roger Federer: An Aging King? So Much More

Roger Federer. These two words have been the pinnacle of tennis for almost as long as anyone can remember. He’s dominated the tennis world for so long and awed many en route to the top. His credentials: 16 Grand Slam titles, 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1 and 23 consecutive semifinals speak for themselves. But to use these mere words to describe him, well, it doesn’t do much justice to... 

Elena Dementieva Retires: Farewell to One of the True Tennis Hotties

Elena Dementieva retired today, a surprising announcement for the 29-year-old.  She never reached the type of off-the-court fame as Anna Kournakova. Nor did she achieve the type of on-the-court excellence as Venus Williams or Kim Clijsters. Nor did she become the duel threat of both that Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams. But Dementieva had her moments, both on and off the court, and the tennis... 

Formula One: Pedro De La Rosa Shows Desperation For 2011 Drive

Pedro de la Rosa, who drove in the first seven races of 2010 for the BMW Sauber F1 Team, has been linked to a seat at Hispania Racing for the 2011 season. The Spaniard is in touch with the team owners at the Hispania team, who entered Formula One in 2010 and are locked in a battle for eleventh place in the constructors championship with Virgin Racing. A brief glance at de la Rosa’s career statistics... 

UEFA Euro Cup Qualifying: Italy Awarded Three Points from Abandoned Serbia Match

I know I am a Featured Columnist for the Detroit Red Wings, but I am also Italian and follow soccer because it is near and dear to my heart. The Euro Cup Qualifying match between Serbia and Italy was abandoned, as we all know, and a hearing was held Thursday, October 28 to find out what the result of the game was going to be. It has been reported by uefa.com that the match between Italy and Serbia... 

Elena Dementieva Announces Retirement from Women’s Tennis after Defeat in Doha

Elena Dementieva shocked the tennis world Friday when she announced that she would be retiring from tennis. The surprise announcement came straight after her final professional match against Italian Francesca Schiavone in which she lost, 6-4 6-2. It was her final match of the round-robin stage at the Khalifa Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar. She did not manage to qualify for the semifinals. “I would... 

Christina Kim Just One of Many Personalities on LPGA

As mainstream sports media jumps between its “hot” stories from week to week like Brett Favre’s multiple retirements and returns or concussions in football, great personality stories within other sports—particularly women’s sports—often fall by the wayside from the mass public. In women’s golf, one such story is the gregarious Christina Kim, known for her colorful... 

Caroline Wozniacki Is Tennis’ Year-End No. 1

(October 28, 2010) Life isn’t lonely at the top for Caroline Wozniacki, who wore the wide smile of a woman enjoying the top spot alone. The top-seeded Wozniacki clinched the season-ending World No. 1 ranking by beating Francesca Schiavone, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, at the WTA Championships in Doha. Twenty-year-old Wozniacki, the first Danish player to reach No. 1, secured a spot in Saturday’s semifinals... 

Tiger Woods: 10 Tips To Stay Out of Trouble in Tempting Thailand

Tiger Woods announced his plan to return to his mother’s native Thailand for a one-day golf tournament in honor of Thailand’s king’s 84th birthday and 60th year on the throne.  The 14-time major champ hasn’t been to the country since 2000, and given Woods’s recent scandals, this trip has the potential for big trouble.  After all, Thailand is world renowned for... 

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