One of our Russian cutie pies, Anna Chakvetadze, suffered a loss in the Quarterfinals of the 2008 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic Tennis Tournament in Stanford, California, USA. Anna, the 2nd seed, lost to 6th seed Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets, 3-6, 4-6. Anna had a 1st round BYE, won her
Our cutie pie from Switzerland, 13th ranked Patty Schnyder, lost to Serena Williams of the USA in the Quarterfinals of the 2008 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, California, USA being played Jul 14-20. It was a straight set win for the # 1 seed, Serena Williams, 6-3, 6-1. Serena proved to
Danish cutie pie, Caroline Wozniacki, was the 3rd seed in the 2008 WTA Gastein Ladies Tennis Tournament being held in Bad Gastein, Austria July 14-20. In her first round, Caroline defeated 112th ranked Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei 6-1, 6-1. The 2nd round proved to be tougher for her as she lost a close 3-setter
Swiss cutie pie, Patty Schnyder, is the 5th seed at the 2008 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic being played in Stanford, California, USA July 14-20. Patty defeated Amber Liu of the USA 6-1, 6-1. Amber doesn't have a lot of major tournament experience and is currently ranked 328th in the world. But a
Russian cutie pie, Anna Chakvetadze is the 2nd seed in the 2008 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic being held in Stanford, California, USA July 14-20. After a 1st round BYE, she defeated 25th ranked Shahar Peer of Israel in the 2nd round, 6-3, 6-4. That was a good win for Anna. Anna now
Slovakian cutie pie, Daniela Hantuchova played in the 2008 WTA Tour Bank of the West Classic tournament being held in Stanford, California, USA July 14-20. Daniela had a first round Bye. She then lost to Ai Sugiyama of Japan in the second round, 3-6, 1-6. Sugiyama is ranked 38th in the world, so she was
This image tells the story. It was a disappointing loss for Russian cutie pie, Elena Dementieva, in the semifinal of Wimbledon against Venus Williams. Elena started slowly, losing the 1st set 1-6. But she gave it her all, taking the 2nd set to a tie-break. She lost the tie-break 3-7. So it was over in
Russian cutie pie, Elena Dementieva is through to the semifinals at Wimbledon after her win over 18th ranked fellow Russian, Nadia Petrova. This is Elena's first appearance in the semifinals at Wimbledon. She had made it to the quarterfinals once before in nine tries. Elena played a tough match. She came out strong, winning the
German cutie pie, Nicole Vaidisova was ousted from Wimbledon during the quarterfinals. She was beaten by 133rd ranked Jie Zheng of China. Nicole lost the 1st set 2-6. She then picked up her game winning the 2nd set 7-5. But Zheng was too tough, and NiIcole lost the final set 1-6. Nicole made it to
Fifth seed Russian cutie pie, Elena Dementieva has won a spot in the Wimbledon quarterfinals by defeating 26th ranked Shahar Peer of Israel. Elena made it look easy, winning the match 6-2, 6-1. Elena's next opponent is fellow Russian, Nadia Petrova. Petrova is ranked 18th in the world, so it will be a tough match.
