Break Points: Nicole Vaidisova Wins first Match Since 2010

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 (@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

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