Friday, February 20, 2009

On The Shoulder

Some sad news for Aussie tennis this morning - Casey Dellacqua is out till the middle of the year with a shoulder injury. She's having surgery on Monday and will be out for the French Open, hoping to be back by Wimbledon.
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What that means is that she's out of the Fed Cup playoff in April against Switzerland, and that is very, very sad, because I was gunning for her to get played against Patty Schnyder, because I think their games match up really well, what with the whole lefty thing and whatnot. But obviously it's important for her to get better. It's been pretty clear that she hasn't been playing as well at the moment as she did in her breakout season last year, particularly early on, and so if she can get it fixed, she should. Sad to see you out, Casey - get better soon.
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Not a whole lot more to report today - other than that I really would have liked to see the match between Azarenka and Lisicki in Memphis. Azarenka won it - but it was in a third set breaker, and she got pushed all the way by Sabine, who is, as we know, the first inductee into my Stars of the Future club from the women's side. It's going to be very interesting to watch how her career progresses... she was seeded #6 at the tournament (where she made it to the semis) and I think it's only a matter of time before she gets higher. Nice one, Sabine!
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And I just realised who popped his head up in Marseille, losing in the quarterfinal to Michael Llodra. That would be the scary Russian, Mikhail Youzhny. I wrote a bit last week wondering where he'd been - could this be the beginning of a mini-resurgence?
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And what is with the Worm beating everyone? He just took out big Juan Martin del Potro. Not pleased.
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Today's Results
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Regions Morgan Keenan Championships (Memphis)
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Men's Draw
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Dudi Sela def. Igor Kunitsyn, 4-6 6-4 6-2
Radek Stepanek def. Juan Martin del Potro, 7-6 (9-7) 6-4
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Women's Draw
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Victoria Azarenka def. Sabine Lisicki, 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-1)
Caroline Wozniacki def. Anne Keothavong, 6-1 6-0
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Copa Telmex (Buenos Aires)
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Jose Acasuso def. Oscar Hernandez, 6-1 6-2
Tommy Robredo def. Franco Ferreiro, 6-4 7-6 (7-4)
Juan Monaco def. Maximo Gonzalez, 6-2 6-3
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Open 13 (Marseille)
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Novak Djokovic def. Mischa Zverev, 6-3 6-3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga def. Feliciano Lopez, 6-2 6-7 (1-7) 6-4
Michael Llodra def. Mikhail Youzhny, 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3)
Gilles Simon def. Julien Benneteau, 6-2 6-4
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Barclay Dubai Tennis Championships (Dubai)
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Venus Williams def. Serena Williams, 6-1 2-6 7-6 (7-3)
Virginie Razzano def. Kaia Kanepi, 6-1 6-2
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Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas (Bogota)
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Gisela Dulko def. Mathilde Johansson, 6-1 6-2
María José Martínez Sánchez def. Betina Jozami, 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-4
Edina Gallovits def. Masa Zec Peskiric, 6-3 6-0
Patricia Mayr def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-1 6-2

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