Notable Results:
- Albuquerque ITF 75K 1R: Nicole Vaidisova d. Sesil Karatantcheva 6-3, 6-4
- Costa Mesa ITF 10K 1R: Tennys Sandgren d. Alexander Sarkissian 7-5, 7-6
- Tokyo 1R: Victoria Azarenka d. Kimiko Date-Krumm 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
- Tokyo 1R: Marina Erakovic d. Sara Errani 6-4, 6-1
- Tokyo 1R: Casey Dellacqua d. Sabine Lisicki 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2
- Guangzhou 1R: Yafan Wang d. Sam Stosur 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
- Guangzhou 1R: Silvia Soler-Espinosa d. Sloane Stephens 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Seoul 1R: Maria Kirilenko d. Donna Vekic 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
News and Analysis:
If you missed Nicole Vaidisova’s first match of her comeback, you can watch the full match here.
Sloane Stephens will begin her season in Auckland.
Simona Halep has qualified for the WTA Championships.
This story about Marin Cilic is sweet.
Colette Lewis writes about the ideal traits of the future head of the USTA player development program.
Steve Johnson is quietly having a great year.
Tennis on Twitter:
The party has just just begun in Medjugorje! @cilic_marin pic.twitter.com/kYZRKjQRBY
— Tennis Photos (@tennis_photos) September 16, 2014
Celebrating in style! #handsintheair #threetimes pic.twitter.com/Dwp6ovYngw
— Lucia (@LuciLuci_RF) September 16, 2014
@mkirilenko #letsgo#pozdravlyau#yeah#russia We all love 3 sets matches!!!
— A. Pavlyuchenkova (@NastiaPav) September 16, 2014
Sorta wishing that the media will leave @OJasika alone. Just let him play tennis. Always hyping everything up. #DejaVu
— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) September 16, 2014
Jump Petra jump! Final preparations before I go to @wuhanopentennis on Thursday #kangaroo pic.twitter.com/Pi0Xo95j42
— Petra Kvitova (@Petra_Kvitova) September 15, 2014
Whoa. 1999 is calling and guess who’s answering? Vaidisova, Lucic-Baroni… Can Jennifer Capriati be far behind? Although what that says about women’s tennis vs. men’s tennis is a great topic for debate. Other than… Bjorg (?), I don’t remember any male players coming back after multiple years off the tour. I’d love to see you guys write something about that!