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Bandit Tennis Elbow Support with Magnet

Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis is very common when you are playing tennis regularly this occur when the outer part of the elbow becomes sore and tender. It is a chronic or acute inflammation of the tendons that connects the forearm muscles on the outside of the elbow. If you are repeating the same movements again and again the forearm muscles and tendons are overuse that may cause damage, if it gets damaged it results to inflammation, pain and tenderness on the outside of the elbow.

Playing tennis requires repetitive use of the extensor muscles of the forearm that can lead to acute or chronic tendonitis of the tendinous insertion of these muscles at the lateral epicondyle of the elbow. 

The BandIT Tennis Elbow Support with Magnet can help you in dealing with the pain of tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome. It can also soothe forearm pain that caused by computer use or other repetitive manual activities like playing golf, bowling, weight lifting and others.

Band-It tighten the extensors muscle that reduce the tension across it, give support and extend it to protect against tears. It also dampens vibration at the elbow.It also compresses selectively across the flexor muscels, which reduces strain and dampens vibration at the elbow.

Former Tennis Coach Who Had Sexual Relationship with a Student Arrested Again

MINNEAPOLIS – An ex-tennis coach who is of having a sexual relationship with a student has been arrested again and is now in police custody. His bail is set at $1 million.

Daniel Hubbard-Wilson, 27 who used to be a tennis coach at Visitation School in Mendota Heights was suspended from that school in September after a witness alleged that he was having inappropriate contact with a female player. He later resigned. It is his 3rd time being arrested for violating a no-contact order.

A judge set his bond at $1 million for violating the order.

The prosecutors said that he was communicating through the victim's Gmail account. The report said that Hubbard-Wilson know the password to her account and he was writing messages and saving them as a draft, according to  Dennis Gerhardstein, Public Information Officer for the Office of the Ramsey County Attorney. The victim would then reply to the messages, also in draft form, never sending the messages, however this is still a violation of the protection order.

Based on the court documents, the victim recall that she first met Hubbard-Wilson back in 2012, just before her freshman year of high school at Visitation. Hubbard-Wilson later also became her personal tennis coach. The sexual conduct began in 2013 when the victim was just 15-years-old.

The victim, 17, also said that Hubbard-Wilson had been involved with other girls.

Indian Aces Captures IPTL champions; Djokovic loses to Berdych

The Indian Aces were awarded the championship trophy for the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) following the upset by the Singapore Slammers against hosts UAE Royals on Friday.

UAE's top gun world No. 1 Novak Djokovic lost to Czech Tomas Berdych 6-5 in the deciding 5-minute shootout that resulted to a narrow 23-21 win over the hosts.

This has affected the overall points outcome in which the Indian Aces remained on top at 38 points followed by the UAE Royals in second with 33 points. The Manila Mavericks was in third place while the Singapore Slammers is at fourth with 31 and 23 points respectively.

The first match features the Indian Aces winning against the Manila Mavericks as France's Fabrice Santoro were able to sustain Australian veteran Mark Philippoussis 6-3.

The Aces built on that strong start with Gael Monfils dominating fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before winning 6-2.

Andy Murray To Marry Kim Sears

US Open and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray 27 will be marrying long-time girlfriend Kim Sears, according to  Murray's management team. Murray from Scotland proposed to his girlfriend after eight years last Wednesday with a huge diamond ring. They are enjoying their engagement before they start making wedding plans.

Kim Sears is seen cheering Andy from the sidelines when Andy is playing world class tennis across the world. Andy met Kim who is an aspiring artist at the 2005 US Open.

Murray and Sears has already been living together in Surrey with their two dogs Maggie and Rusty.

Murray finished 2014 ranked inside the Top 6 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the 7th consecutive season with a 59-20 record on the year.

Stan Wawrinka hit 61 winners Gave Switzerland Lead in Davis Cup final

Stan Wawrinka used his skills and raw power to help Switzerland win against France in the Davis Cup final. He defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, last Friday afternoon. The Davis Cup final has a record breaking attendance with 27,432 in attendance at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille.

However, Roger Federer was not able to capitalize with Switzerland's early win as he lost to France's Gael Monfils in the second singles rubber.

In the first set Wawrinka dominated the game by winning five straight games to clinch opener. Tsonga regrouped and user his aggressiveness to win the second set. In the fourth set, Wawrinka took a 2-0 lead and never looked back. He earned his 21st singles rubber match win for Switzerland in 2 hours and 24 minutes, hitting 61 winners to Tsonga's 39.

Djokovic Toyed with Cilic in ATP Tour Finals opener

Serbian Novak Djokovic started the ATP Tour Finals with a dominant win in London against Croatia's Marin Cilic on Monday 6-1 6-1. The world number 1, displayed his unforgiving skills against Cilic ending the game in 56 minutes.  Djokovic has now won 28 consecutive matches indoors that dates back to 2012.

Djokovic dropped his serve early in the second set but was able to immediately regained his composure to beat out Cilic.

Tennis: Bracciali of Italy Admits to Game Fixing

Daniele Bracciali, tennis player from Italy has partially admitted that he commited match-fixing during a hearing last week with judicial authorities according to a judicial prosecutor.

Italian investigator Roberto Di Martino said during an interview with The Associated Press,"He admitted a few things and he denied a few things."

Bracciali and occasional doubles partner Potito Starace is battling corruption accusations after intercepted Internet conversations claiming they sold matches were reported in Italian media 3 weeks ago.

Both of them were already included in the 5 Italians, along with Alessio Di Mauro, Giorgio Galimberti and Federico Luzzi that were suspended in 2007-08 by the ATP Tour ranging from 6 weeks to 9 months for betting.

The intercepted conversations are part of data that investigators led by Di Martino in Cremona have been sorting through in a soccer match-fixing inquiry. The soccer inquiry has already reached Singapore, and the tennis inquiry of the investigation is also extending in other countries.

Serena Williams in WTA Finals after she defeats Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki

Simona Halep

Serena Williams of USA will be meeting Simona Halep of Romania in the WTA Finals title match. Serena was struggling in the early set of the game against Caroline Wozniacki but was able to regroup and dominate the 2nd set. She defeated Wozniacki in an exciting tie-breaker to win the game 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).

Williams will be up against Halep in Sunday's final, Halep humiliate Serena with a 6-0, 6-2 win. Halep was brilliant in her run in Singapore with a 6-2, 6-2 beatdown of Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Halep is ranked fourth.

Serena Williams smash her tennis racket at Singapore in match against Caroline Wozniacki

WTA Tour Singles Standings

Serena Williams is still number one based on the Infostrada Sports she was followed by Maria Sharapova of Russia and Simona Halep of Romania is third.

Here is the October 13, 2014 Standings from the WTA Tour singles:

1   (1)   Serena Williams(U.S.)                      8645 points
2   (2)   Maria Sharapova(Russia)                    6680 
3   (3)   Simona Halep(Romania)                      6246 
4   (4)   Petra Kvitova(Czech Republic)              6126 
5   (5)   Li Na(China)                               5020 
6   (7)   Agnieszka Radwanska(Poland)                4650 
7   (6)   Eugenie Bouchard(Canada)                   4523 
8   (8)   Ana Ivanovic(Serbia)                       4435 
9   (9)   Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark)                4215 
10  (10)  Angelique Kerber(Germany)                  3745 
11  (11)  Sara Errani(Italy)                         3085 
12  (13)  Ekaterina Makarova(Russia)                 2970 
13  (14)  Jelena Jankovic(Serbia)                    2945 
14  (12)  Dominika Cibulkova(Slovakia)               2908 
15  (15)  Flavia Pennetta(Italy)                     2642 
16  (16)  Andrea Petkovic(Germany)                   2495 
17  (17)  Lucie Safarova(Czech Republic)             2460 
18  (18)  Samantha Stosur(Australia)                 2430 
19  (19)  Carla Suarez Navarro(Spain)                2370 
20  (20)  Venus Williams(U.S.)                       2270 
21  (21)  Alize Cornet(France)                       2255 
22  (22)  Peng Shuai(China)                          2005 
23  (23)  Garbine Muguruza Blanco(Spain)             1923 
24  (24)  Victoria Azarenka(Belarus)                 1862 
25  (25)  Sabine Lisicki(Germany)                    1835 
26  (26)  Svetlana Kuznetsova(Russia)                1830 
27  (30)  Karolina Pliskova(Czech Republic)          1830 
28  (27)  Casey Dellacqua(Australia)                 1705 
29  (31)  Elina Svitolina(Ukraine)                   1655 
30  (29)  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova(Russia)           1640 
31  (28)  Barbora Zahlavova Strycova(Czech Republic) 1600 
32  (32)  Madison Keys(U.S.)                         1520 
33  (35)  Belinda Bencic(Switzerland)                1457 
34  (37)  Zarina Diyas(Kazakhstan)                   1440 
35  (33)  Sloane Stephens(U.S.)                      1412 
36  (34)  Caroline Garcia(France)                    1327 
37  (39)  Varvara Lepchenko(U.S.)                    1310 
38  (38)  Coco Vandeweghe(U.S.)                      1297 
39  (42)  Camila Giorgi(Italy)                       1273 
40  (40)  Klara Koukalova(Czech Republic)            1215 
41  (41)  Roberta Vinci(Italy)                       1197 
42  (36)  Kurumi Nara(Japan)                         1197 
43  (44)  Tsvetana Pironkova(Bulgaria)               1188 
44  (62)  Alison Riske(U.S.)                         1156 
45  (43)  Kirsten Flipkens(Belgium)                  1120 
46  (47)  Mona Barthel(Germany)                      1113 
47  (45)  Monica Niculescu(Romania)                  1110 
48  (46)  Heather Watson(Britain)                    1110 
49  (49)  Magdalena Rybarikova(Slovakia)             1105 
50  (48)  Timea Bacsinszky(Switzerland)              1101 
51  (50)  Kaia Kanepi(Estonia)                       1045 
52  (51)  Jana Cepelova(Slovakia)                    1026 
53  (59)  Karin Knapp(Italy)                         1025 
54  (52)  Christina Mchale(U.S.)                     1015 
55  (53)  Elena Vesnina(Russia)                      1000 
56  (54)  Zhang Shuai(China)                         985  
57  (57)  Lauren Davis(U.S.)                         980  
58  (55)  Bojana Jovanovski(Serbia)                  980  
59  (56)  Daniela Hantuchova(Slovakia)               960  
60  (58)  Annika Beck(Germany)                       946  
61  (61)  Irina Begu(Romania)                        918  
62  (64)  Petra Cetkovska(Czech Republic)            882  
63  (63)  Monica Puig(Puerto Rico)                   880  
64  (66)  Yanina Wickmayer(Belgium)                  867  
65  (60)  Mirjana Lucic-Baroni(Croatia)              867  
66  (69)  Ajla Tomljanovic(Croatia)                  835  
67  (68)  Jarmila Gajdosova(Australia)               819  
68  (67)  Yaroslava Shvedova(Kazakhstan)             815  
69  (65)  Stefanie Voegele(Switzerland)              800  
70  (70)  Silvia Soler Espinosa(Spain)               795  
71  (71)  Shelby Rogers(U.S.)                        731  
72  (73)  Anna Karolina Schmiedlova(Slovakia)        718  
73  (74)  Kiki Bertens(Netherlands)                  712  
74  (72)  Julia Goerges(Germany)                     710  
75  (87)  Marina Erakovic(New Zealand)               694  
76  (94)  Anna-Lena Friedsam(Germany)                694  
77  (76)  Chanelle Scheepers(South Africa)           693  
78  (75)  Pauline Parmentier(France)                 692  
79  (78)  Alison Van Uytvanck(Belgium)               688  
80  (82)  Lara Arruabarrena Vecino(Spain)            680  
81  (79)  Yvonne Meusburger(Austria)                 674  
82  (80)  Francesca Schiavone(Italy)                 660  
83  (83)  Donna Vekic(Croatia)                       655  
84  (84)  Tereza Smitkova(Czech Republic)            652  
85  (85)  Johanna Larsson(Sweden)                    652  
86  (93)  Luksika Kumkhum(Thailand)                  652  
87  (81)  Kristina Mladenovic(France)                650  
88  (96)  Madison Brengle(U.S.)                      635  
89  (88)  Maria Teresa Torro(Spain)                  631  
90  (89)  Nicole Gibbs(U.S.)                         626  
91  (77)  Zheng Jie(China)                           619  
92  (112) Zheng Saisai(China)                        611  
93  (101) Sorana Cirstea(Romania)                    606  
94  (92)  Aliaksandra Sasnovich(Belarus)             602  
95  (91)  Alla Kudryavtseva(Russia)                  599  
96  (90)  Kristyna Pliskova(Czech Republic)          598  
97  (95)  Lesia Tsurenko(Ukraine)                    582  
98  (86)  Polona Hercog(Slovenia)                    571  
99  (97)  Anna Tatishvili(U.S.)                      568  
100 (113) Ana Konjuh(Croatia)                        544

China Open Updates, and Li Na's Retirement

Teary eyed Li Na bid farewell to WTA Tour with her official retirement ceremony at the China Open last Tuesday September 30. She was the 1st Chinese player to win a Grand Slam singles title.

Men's Singles Round 1 results:

Sept 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the China Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
7-Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) beat Fabio Fognini (Italy) 6-3 6-4             
6-Andy Murray (Britain) beat Jerzy Janowicz (Poland) 6-7(9) 6-4 6-2      
Martin Klizan (Slovakia) beat Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) 7-6(2) 6-7(3) 6-4
Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan) 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4
Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Andreas Seppi (Italy) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2          
2-Rafa Nadal (Spain) beat Richard Gasquet (France) 6-4 6-0               
Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Julien Benneteau (France) 6-4 6-1             
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) 6-2 6-1    
8-John Isner (U.S.) beat Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) 6-1 6-3             
Peter Gojowczyk (Germany) beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-4 2-6 7-5        
3-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-1 6-2

Women's singles round 2 results:

Sept 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the China Open Women's Singles Round 2 matches on Tuesday
1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria) 6-2 6-3    
9-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat Romina Oprandi (Switzerland) 6-4 6-2      
16-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Caroline Garcia (France) 6-4 6-3         
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) beat 14-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-1 3-6 6-2
Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat 8-Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-2 6-4      
13-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Mona Barthel (Germany) 6-3 6-3 
2-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Zhu Lin (China) 7-5 6-4                  
Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat Kurumi Nara (Japan) 6-3 6-1          
7-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) 6-3 6-1    
Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat 5-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-4 6-4      
4-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-2 6-2      
12-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Polona Hercog (Slovenia) 7-5 6-0   
15-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) beat Madison Keys (U.S.) 6-2 6-3

Rafael Nadal's Coach Sexist? Don't Want a Woman Captain

BARCELONA, Spain - Rafael Nadal's coach complains about the naming of Gala Leon as the captain of Spain's Davis Cup team. He argues that there are huge differences between the men's and women's games.

Gala Leon is a retired WTA player she became the 1st woman to be appointed captain of the Spain's Davis Cup team on Sunday, she supersede Carlos Moya.

Toni Nadal, the uncle and coach of Rafael Nadal said on a radio interview, "It is preferable that (captain) is someone with a background in the world of men's tennis. I have nothing against her, I don't know what her capabilities are, and I hope she does her job well, but in theory she is a person that doesn't know men's tennis, because men's tennis isn't the same as women's tennis. The truth is that the men's game isn't the same as the women's game on the tactical level, not that one is better than the other."

U.S. Open Final: Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3

Serena Williams won her 3rd consecutive U.S. Open championship and 18th major title overall after defeating Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3. Serena and Caroline are friends off-court they were even sharing selfies at a club after Serena beat her as seen on the picture above. The game was just 75 minutes long.

Williams now reached Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, the 4th in history.

US Open 2014: 15 YO CiCi Bellis Beat Dominika Cibulkova

American CiCi Bellis who is only 15 years old upset 12th seed Dominika Cibulkova at the US Open  6-1, 4-6, 6-4. CiCi is the youngest US Open winner since 1996, Anna Kournikova of Russia was 59 days younger when she reached the fourth round in 1996.

CiCi will be up against Zarbia Dyas of Kazakhstan ranked 48 in the second round, unfortunately for her she will not be able to cash the US$60,420 prize money on offer because she is still an amateur.

Eugenie Bouchard Edges Maria Sharapova at the Sexiest Women in Tennis Poll

Eugenie Bouchard may be an emerging star but she's now making waves. She have topped the poll done by Tennis Tonic, she has already overtaken Maria Sharapova, she got 22% of the total votes at number 2. Ana Ivanovic is still number 1, by getting 38% of the votes. Agnieska Radwanks who has done a naked photo shoot for ESPN Body got 16% of the votes.

Sharapova got 8%, while Daniela Hantuchova have 6% of the votes. Eugenie Bouchard, 20 has a lot of endorsements deals from multinational companies like Nike and Coke.

Maria Sharapova falls in World Ranking

For failing to advance in the 4th round of the Wimbledon grand-slam tournament, Sharapova of Russia falls to 6th place in the world ranking by the Women's Tennis Association. While surprisingly, Serena Williams keeps his place at number one despite a 3rd round defeat to Alize Cornet of France. Something is not right with this world ranking.

Novak Djokovic Wedding

Tennis player Novak Djokovic will marry Jelena Ristic along the scenic Adriatic coast this week. It will be held at the Aman’s Villa Miločer resort. It was a former residence of Montenegro’s Queen Marya and later Yugoslavian dictator Tito. It is now an 8 suite resort by Aman.

Hall of Fame Tennis Championships: Karlovic Victorious against Ginepri

NEWPORT, R.I. — Robby Ginepri of USA was not able to contain the power of Ivo Karlovic (2nd seed) of Croatia, losing by 7-6 (2), 6-2 last Monday in the opening round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.

Karlovic is a towering 6-foot-11 pummeled Ginepri with 17 aces and just committed two double-faults. The game is held for the induction ceremonies of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Top-seeded John Isner will be playing on Tuesday. He’s looking for his third title in Newport after winning in 2011-12.

2014 Wimbledon Viewing schedule

Wimbledon will start on Monday, June 23, 2014 at 6:30 a.m. ET at the All England Club. ESPN (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNEWS) will be showing 2014 Wimbledon games. The women’s and doubles’ championships will be on Saturday, July 5, and the men’s championship will be on Sunday, July 6, both starting at 9 a.m. ET.

ABC will be providing highlights of the first week during the middle Sunday. They will also show an encore of the women’s and men’s finals on the same day they take place, 3 p.m. ET.

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Mon., June 23 - Thurs., June 26	7 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN
	11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPNEWS
	2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN2 (simulcast of ESPNEWS)
Fri., June 27	7 a.m. – 5 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN
Sat., June 28	8 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Early Round Action	ESPN
Mon., June 30	7 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Round of 16	ESPN
	8 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Round of 16, Centre Court	ESPN2
	11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Round of 16	ESPNEWS
Tues., July 1	8 a.m – 1 p.m.	Women’s quarterfinals, Centre Court	ESPN2
	8 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Women’s quarterfinals, court one	ESPN
	11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Women’s quarterfinals, court one	ESPNEWS
Weds., July 2	8 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Men’s quarterfinals, Centre Court	ESPN
	8 a.m. – 4 p.m.	Men’s quarterfinals, Court one	ESPN2
Thurs., July 3	8 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Women’s semifinals	ESPN
Fri., July 4	8 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Men’s semifinals	ESPN
Sat., July 5	9 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Women’s final	ESPN
Sun., July 6	9 a.m. – 3 p.m.	Men’s final	ESPN

Maria Sharapova Wins French Open

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova

Simona Halep

Simona Halep

Simona Halep

Russia's Maria Sharapova won the French Open tennis tournament beating her opponent No. 4 seed Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 Saturday, June 7, 2014. The tournament was held at the Roland Garros stadium, Paris, France. 

Sharapova prove to the world how tough she can be against Simona Halep who is great at making Sharapova run when they are trading baseline shots. This is Sharapova's second French Open title in three years.

Sharapova had troubles early on as she double-faulted three times in a crucial game at 2-2 in the second set but managed to keep her cool. Halep was able to grab the second set to keep her in the game and drag the game to a third set. In the third set, Sharapova held her ground to win the finals tournament that lasted for 3 hours.

Maria Sharapova Looks Impressive at French Open

Maria Sharapova is steamrolling her opponents she has not yet drop a set at the French Open. Maria Sharapova decisively defeated Paula Ormaechea from Argentina 6-0, 6-0. 

Maria Sharapova has not become the favorite to win the French Open, after Agnieszka Radwanska fall which is the latest women's high seed exiting the tournament.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland losses to Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic

Radwanska seeded 3rd followed Serena Williams and Li Na, exiting the tournament with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round. Li Na (2nd seed) lose in the first round, while the number 1 seed Serena Williams was knocked off in the 2nd round.

With the fall of Radwanska, Simona Halep (4th seed) is the highest-seeded player remaining in the women's tournament. However, Sharapova is now the favorite to win and claim her 2nd French Open championship.

Former British tennis star Baltacha Dead at 30

Elena Sergeevna Baltacha was a former British professional tennis player. She won the Aegon Award four times. She retired from tennis due to knee injuries on November 18, 2013.

Baltacha in 2010 had victories over top 10 players, that includes two wins against Li Na and one against Francesca Schiavone, who at the time was the reigning French Open champion. In 2011 she won her most highly ranked tournament on the ITF tour by bringing home the 2011 Aegon Nottingham trophy.

Elena was born in Ukraine and grew up in Scotland.

She died from liver cancer on May 4, 2014, she was 30.

Andrea Petkovic Took the Family Circle Cup tennis title

Jana Cepelova

Andrea Petkovic

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Andrea Petkovic was victorious at the Family Circle Cup. It was her first WTA tournament in three years, she defeated Jana Cepelova with 7-5, 6-2 score.

Petkovic got her form back after sufferring multiple injuries that doomed her 2012 season. Petkovic used her powerful forehand and worked her way to defeat 3 straight top 10 seeds in No. 4 Sabine Lisicki, No. 9 Lucie Safarova and No. 6 Eugenie Bouchard to earn her way to the finals.

Petkovic 26, from Germany was too much for the Cepelova 20, from Slovakia. Cepelova was leading 5-4 in the first set but Petkovic used her power to make a rally and win that game and begin a run of 8th straight to take control of the match.

Petkovic was completely in control after winning the crucial game, she quickly broke serve to move in front. She took the set a game later and continued her run to build a 5-0 lead that buried Cepelova. 

Roger Federer in Indian Wells final

Indian Wells (United States) - Switzerland Roger Federer reach the the Indian Wells ATP Masters final last Saturday after he beat Ukraine Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 6-1.

Roger Federer is 7th seeded 17-time Grand Slam champion..

He will play the winner of the second semi-final match between world number two Novak Djokovic and American John Isner.

Roger Federer is Back with a at 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships

Roger Federer shows that he is not yet done by winning the 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships. Federer is a 17-time Grand Slam champion. He beat world number 2 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals and followed it with a win against  Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the Finals.

He displays pure brilliance, grit and patience that allowed him to dominate the game.

Venus wins WTA Dubai Open

Venus Williams 33, has won 7 Grand Slam champion, but wasn't able to win a title in 16 months. Now she have silence her doubters that are saying that she's done, by defeating Alise Cornet, 6-3, 6-0 to win the WTA Dubai Open on Saturday.

Alise Cornet defeated her sister Serena Williams in the semi-finals.

Serena Loses to Alize in Dubai Semifinals

Alize Cornet of France celebrates her win

Serena Williams

 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - France's Alize Cornet defeated Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-final game of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Febuary 21, 2014.

Cornet is ranked 26 and this is her first win against a number 1 ranked player.

Venus Williams

Caroline Wozniacki

In another semi final game, her sisteer Venus Williams was luckier as she won against Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. Venus secured her spot in the final by dominating 8th seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-2.

Sharapova Fall in Paris semifinals

PARIS (AP) — Maria Sharapova (Russia), top seed, lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinal of the Open GDF Suez last Saturday.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will be up against 3rd seeded Sara Errani of Italy for her first final since the Korea Open in September. Errani defeated Alize Cornet of France 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5).

Sharapova was up 3-0 in the opening set but her Anastasia was on fire in the seventh game.

Li Na Wins Australian Open final against Dominika Cibulkova

Dominika Cibulkova

Dominika Cibulkova

Li Na

Li Na

China's Li Na, 31 got her 2nd Grand Slam title with win against Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova at the Australian Open.

Li struggled in the first set but dominate the second and win 7-6 (7-3) 6-0. It was her third Australian Open final and brings her a second major title after the 2011 French Open.