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Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Yanina Wickmayer Super Tennis Star Profile,Bio & Pictures 2011

Yanina Wickmayer

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Singles Ranking: 22
Doubles Ranking: 157
Country: Belgium
Birth Date: 20 October 1989
Birth Place: Lier, Belgium
Residence: Deurne, Belgium
Height: 1.83 metres (6 ft. 0 in.)
Weight: 68.2 kilos (150 lbs.)
Plays: Right Handed

Biography:

Yanina Wickmayer tennis career started at the age of nine. Yanina Wickmayer tennis coach was Michel Bouhoulle as she turned pro in 2004 and for the first time played at Hasselt and even participated in two events in the ITF Circuit held in Belgium. In 2006, success followed Wickmayer in a number of events. Her first successes were the 3 singles ITF titles and 2 ITF doubles. Her successes continued in 2007 on the ITF circuit and she won several tournaments in Asia. It was around this time that she defeated Caroline Maes and became the Number 2 Female Belgian Player. By this time she had bagged 8 singles title and 7 doubles title on the ITF circuit.

In 2008's Fed Cup, Wickmayer had an unexpected win over Kateryna Bondarenko, who was the Australian Open's woman's champion in doubles. The year 2009 started with loses but then she won her first ever WTA Tour singles title, in Estoril defeated the 3rd seed Sorana Cirstea. After that she received a year ban for some tribunal issues.

In 2011 Wickmayer got her back to the 21st position in the 2011 Australian Open though she lost in the second round as she was ill. She performed well in the next matches and reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 UNICEF Open, falling eventually. She was the 19th seed in the 2011 Wimbledon Championship and beat even the 12th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and reached the fourth round for the first time where she lost to Petra Kvitova the eventual winner.

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Blake Griffin Girlfeiend Photos 2011

Blake Griffin Girlfeiend Photos

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Blake Griffin Basketball Star 2011 Profile,Bio & Photos

Blake Griffin

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Born: 1989/03/16
Age: 22
Height: 6-10
Weight: 251
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, OK
Seasons: 1
Class: Sophomore

Biography:

Blake Austin Griffin was born March 16, 1989 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Click here for a complete listing of today's sports birthdays.) His parents, Tommy and Gail, had an older son, Taylor, born three years before Blake. Tommy, a former high school basketball and track star, owned a trophy company and was a hoops coach in Oklahoma City. Gail home-schooled the boys until 2003, when Blake finished eighth grade and Tommy finished the equivalent of his sophomore year in high school.

The Griffin boys may not have had schoolmates, but they had no shortage of teammates. Both were gifted athletes who competed in youth leagues for football, baseball and basketball. Their greatest battles were in the family driveway. Balke was known as “Little Griffin” by just about everybody, and he didn't like it.

Blake was a typical younger sibling, always looking for a challenge. If Taylor wouldn't play him, he’d find something else to turn into a competition between the two. Blake was always trying to run a little faster or jump a little higher.

One of Blake’s friends was Sam Bradford, who would go on to be the top pick in the 2010 NFL draft. His parents owned a gym, and they got all their trophies from the Griffins. Taylor and Blake spent endless hours playing in the Bradford complex.

That spring, one of the many fans in the stands watching Blake was Jeff Capel, the new head coach at Oklahoma. With Taylor on his roster, Capel already knew a good deal about Blake. The teenager got rave reviews from other Sooners as well. Capel was impressed by Blake’s size, speed and jumping ability. He also liked the fact that Blake had not yet become a household name among recruiters.

But while Capel was sold on Blake, he wasn’t sold on Oklahoma. That was Taylor’s job. He convinced his younger brother that the Sooners could be a national powerhouse. By the time Duke, UNC, Kansas and other schools began wooing Blake, he had already made up his mind. He officially committed to Oklahoma before the opening tip of his senior season.

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Monday, 19 September 2011

Agnieszka Radwanska Tennis Star Pictures 2011

Agnieszka Radwanska

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Agnieszka Radwanska Tennis Star 2011Profile,Bio & Images

Agnieszka Radwanska

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Country:   Poland
Birth Date:   6 March 1989
Birth Place:   Krakow, Poland
Residence:   Krakow, Poland
Height:   5 ft. 8 in. ( 1.73 metres )
Weight:   123 lbs. ( 55.9 kilos )
Plays:   Right
Turned Pro:   2005

Biography:

gnieszka Radwanska (full name Agnieszka Roma Radwanska) was born on March 6, 1989 in Krakow, Poland. She is a professional tennis player.

One year after becoming a professional tennis player she participated at her first tournament. It was happening in Warsaw and she managed to play the quarter-finals. by beating Anastasia Myskina and Klara Koukalova, but unfortunately, Elena Dementieva stopped her from passing further. As a single junior player she won the Wibbledon and Roland Garros, the first one in 2005 and the second in 2006.

In 2006 she participated as a professional player at Wimbledon where reached the fourth round, but was then eliminated by Kim Clijsters and at US Open where managed to play the second round and stopped there because she lost to Tatiana Golovin.

In October 2006 she played at the tournament in Luxembourg and was one of the semi-finalists after defeating important names in tennis like Elena Dementieva, Mara Santangelo or Venus Williams. She lost the semi-final to Francesca Schiavone. At the Australian Open she played in 2007 and reached the second round.

Until now (2007) she won two ITF single titles, one WTA doubles title and two ITF doubles titles. The WTA doubles title was won in Istambul and her partner was her sister, Urszula Radwanska. In July 2007 she occupied the highest position for her in Top 100 until then, the thirty-third position.

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Saturday, 17 September 2011

Samantha Stosur Win the First Grand Slam Title US Open 2011 Highlights

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Favourite Serena Williams power boosts and verbal shots not affected to the match result. The Australian Samantha Stosur dominated the US Open 2011 women title by beating Serena Williams to 6-2, 6-3. This is Samantha Stosur first Grand Slam title and Samantha Stosur going to start a new chapter of tennis women. Congratulation Samantha, if you miss the match watch quality highlights.