©Kourtin' Karen's Tennis News Scoreboard - Week Ending February 7, 2010


©Kourtin' Karen's Tennis News Scoreboard - Week Ending February  7, 2010


15-0

Australian Open Champions













15 -15

Out of Action

Lleyton Hewitt is recovering from hip surgery. He hopes to be back by the French Open.



30-15
On the Bookshelves on February 15....

Corina Morariu Answers GVTN's Questions About Her New Book "Living Through The Racket"


30-30
Serena out of Paris

Citing a leg injury she suffered during the Australian Open, Serena Williams has pulled out of the Paris Indoors.


40-30

Hingis to Play World Team Tennis

Don't call it a comeback, but Martina Hingis will play World Team Tennis this Summer.


Deuce

Out of Rotterdam


Jo-Wilfred Tsonga is sidelined.


Advantage Barbie


Deuce
Knocked out of the top 10

Andre Agassi's "Open" has fallen out of the top ten on the New York Times Best Selling Non-Fiction books list. It's now at number eleven.


Advantage
Serena Makes the Rounds

 

Ellen



Deuce
Verdasco Shows off his Calvin Klein's


 



That's right. Fernando Verdasco is the newest Calvin Klein model.


Advantage
Dual Citizenship


Tommy Haas has been a Florida resident since he was a teen has become a United States Citizen.

"In Tampa, on January 27, along with about 300 other immigrants from over 70 different countries, I raised my right hand to swear the oath of allegiance." 

"I desperately wanted to do this because the United States has really become my home over the past years and that's why I considered it a logical step to apply for naturalization."

Haas will continue to represent Germany in international competitions as he has dual citizenship.

Deuce
Baby Daddy Moya

 Hola magazine reports that Carlos Moya  will soon become a father. Moya and his girlfriend, actress Corolina Cerezuela are expecting their first child.

"A baby is what we both thought of, tried for and wanted....we're very happy." 


Advantage
Atlantic City


With Venus Williams playing host, Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Mats Wilander and Ivan Lendl with take part in an exhibition called the "Caesars Tennis Classic."

Roddick, Safin to Participate in Caesars Tennis Classic on April 10, 2010 in Atlantic City






Deuce
More Postage Due


Austria's Roger Federer stamp. He's just getting licked everywhere.

Advantage
This Week's Winners


Feliciano Lopez wins his third career ATP title.




Thomaz Bellucci

Marin Cilic repeats.



Game, Set, Match and Fed Cup Weekend


WORLD GROUP FIRST ROUND
 
ITALY defeated UKRAINE 4-1
Venue: Palace of Sports "Lokomotiv", Kharkiv, UKR (hard – indoors)
 
Alona Bondarenko (UKR) d. Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61 64
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 75 63
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 75 76(3)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 26 61 61
Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. Mariya Koryttseva/Viktoria Kutuzova (UKR) 61 63
 
CZECH REPUBLIC defeated GERMANY 3-2
Venue: Brno Exhibition Centre, Brno, CZE (hard – indoors)
 
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Lucie Safarova (CZE) 62 62
Petra Kvitova (CZE) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 64 64
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) d. Andrea Petkovic (GER) 61 76(5)
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) d. Petra Kvitova (CZE) 46 63 62
Lucie Hradecka/Kveta Peschke (CZE) d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Tatjana Malek (GER) 61 63
 
RUSSIA defeated SERBIA 3-2
Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade, SRB (hard – indoors)
 
Fifth rubber heroics by Russia's doubles team knock out Serbia.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 61 64
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 46 64 60
Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 63 46 63
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 62 63
Alisa Kleybanova/Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. Ana Ivanovic/Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 61 64
 
USA defeated FRANCE 4-1
Venue: Stade Couvert Regional Lievin, Lievin, FRA (clay – indoors)
 

Heads up for Melanie Oudin who flipped Julie Coin to clinch the tie for the USA.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Alize Cornet (FRA) 76(7) 75
Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 64 64
Melanie Oudin (USA) d. Julie Coin (FRA) 76(3) 64
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) d. Christina McHale (USA) 64 64
Liezel Huber/Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) d. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro/Alize Cornet (FRA) 62 63
 
WORLD GROUP II FIRST ROUND
 
AUSTRALIA defeated SPAIN 3-2
Venue: Memorial Drive, Adelaide, AUS (hard – outdoors)
 
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 26 61 64
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) d. Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 62 63
Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 61 63
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Alicia Molik (AUS) 61 61
Samantha Stosur/Rennae Stubbs (AUS) d. Nuria Llagostera Vives/Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 64 62
 
BELGIUM defeated POLAND 3-2
Venue: Hala Sportowo-Widowiskowa "Luczniczka", Bydgoszcz, POL (hard – indoors)
 
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d, Marta Domachowska (POL) 46 61 63
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 62 76(5)
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. 16 76(6) 75
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) d. Marta Domachowska (POL) 63 76(6)
Klaudia Jans/Alicja Rosolska (POL) d. An-Sophie Mestach/Sofie Oyen (BEL) 63 36 61
 
ESTONIA defeated ARGENTINA 4-1
Venue: Tere Sport Tennis Club, Tallinn, EST (hard – indoors)
 
Maret Ani (EST) d. Maria Irigoyen (ARG) 61 62
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 61 75
Kaia Kanepi (EST) d. Aranza Salut (ARG) 61 61
Maret Ani (EST) d. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) 62 63
Mailen Auroux/Maria Irigoyen (ARG) d. Margit Ruutel/Anett Schutting (EST) 75 64
 
SLOVAK REPUBLIC defeated CHINA, P.R. 3-2
Venue: Sibamac Arena, Bratislava, SVK (hard – indoors)
 
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Xinyun Han (CHN) 61 64
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) 60 61
Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) d. Shuai Zhang (CHN) 64 61
Xinyun Han (CHN) d. Kristina Kucova (SVK) 61 61
Jing-Jing Lu/Shuai Zhang (CHN) d. Dominika Cibulkova/Kristina Kucova (SVK) 2-3 ret.



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