Monday, August 27, 2012

Victoria Azarenka











Victoria Azarenka (Belarusian: Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка, Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player and is the current World No. 1.[3] She won the 2012 Australian Open singles title, becoming the first Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam in singles. Her other achievements include winning the Bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles, the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi, the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan and the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2012 London Olympics with Max Mirnyi.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Yvonne Meusberger

Yvonne Meusburger (born 3 October 1983 in Dornbirn, Austria) is a tennis player from Austria. As of March 2012, she is the country's third highest ranked female player. Her career high ranking is No. 60, a ranking she achieved on 19 November 2007. In July 2007, Meusburger made a surprising run to the final of the 2007 Gastein Ladies tournament. The most notable win of this run was her first round win over the second seed Émilie Loit of France. She followed it up by beating Eva Birnerová, Lourdes Domínguez Lino and Karin Knapp. In the final she was defeated by Francesca Schiavone, 6–1, 6–4. Meusburger made the second round of the 2010 Australian Open, French Open, and US Open in 2010. She lost to Russian Maria Kirilenko on all three occasions.