The WTA caught up with Alisa Kleybanova in Australia and they interview her to get to know a little more about this Russian rising tennis player who upset Ana Ivanovic and made it to the 4th round of the Australian Open... How did you get into tennis? AK: I was four and a half and I got into tennis with my parents. They'd play for fun on weekends with their friends and as a little kid I was hanging around and playing with the balls. But from the beginning it wasn't like they wanted me to be... Read Full Story
Q. What's the feeling after that win? ALISA KLEYBANOVA: It's just great to play one of the matches like this. It was definitely the best match in my career so far. I'm so happy that I pulled through, because it was not just a win, but I really felt that I played almost my best tennis today. It was so exciting to be out there. Just the moments that we train every day, we work hard and, you know, we live our life to be there and to play on this court, and for all those people that came to... Read Full Story
Asian veterans Ai Sugiyama and Tamarine Tanasugarn enjoyed contrasting fortunes at the French Open on Monday, with Thai star Tamarine winning but Sugiyama crashing out. Tamarine, 32, dismayed the French fans by seeing off home favourite Camille Pin 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in a 2hr 55min first-round tie, but 33-year-old Japanese Sugiyama went down 6-3, 6-2 to another Frenchwoman, Aravane Rezai. Tamarine opened up a 4-1 first-set lead against 27-year-old Pin before being pegged back to 4-3, but a loose... Read Full Story
Ana Ivanovic was upset at the third round of the Australian Open after losing to Alisa Kleybanova 7-5 6-7 6-2. Alisa clawed her way back into the match in the first set, winning four games in succession to clinch the lead after finding herself 5-3 down. The Russian then won the first three games in the next and had a chance to wrap up the match when serving at 5-4 in the second set, but the Serbian broke back for a fourth time and took it to a tie-break. Kleybanova again had the edge... Read Full Story
Ana Ivanovic is out of the Australian Open, she fell in three sets to Alisa Kleybanova . This is an upset on paper, but with Ivanovic 's form of late it is really not that surprising. It appears she has been receiving serving lessons from Elena Dementieva over the past couple of months, and her ground game hasn't been very consistent at all. Alisa Kleybanova, on the other hand, is a 19 year old Russian, currently ranked 31 in the world. She is the former number 1 junior in the world, and a... Read Full Story
Ana Ivanovic score a 2 set win over Ai Sugiyama to give Serbia the first point in the first round of the Fed Cup World Group II... Check out some pictures of Ana Ivanovic and Ai Sugiyama during their match in Belgrade.... Continue reading for more pictures... Photos from Ap/Reuters/Getty images via Women's Tennis Photos
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Alisa Kleybanova defeated Anna Lapushchenkova 3-6 6-3 6-2 to reach the second round of the the Dubai Tennis Championships. Kleybanova will play next against Ana Ivanovic, who had a first-round bye. Zheng Jie and Kaia Kanepi also advanced to the second round. Zheng defeated Anastasia Rodionova 6-1 6-1 while Kanepi beat Tamira Paszek 2-6 6-2 6-0. In other first round results from Sunday, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Maria Kirilenko 6-2 6-4 and Tsvetana Pironkova defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 6... Read Full Story
SEOUL Hansol Korea Open Order of Play Thursday September 24th
Centre Court (from 11.00hrs)
1. Kimiko Date Krumm vs. Alisa Kleybanova
2. Francesca Schiavone vs. Maria Kirilenko
3. Daniela Hantuchova vs. Chanelle Scheepers
4. Anastasija Sevastova vs. Vera Dushevina
5. Petkovic/Rybarikova vs. Chuang/Yan
Court 2 (from 12.00hrs)
1. Chan/Spears vs. Jans/Rosolska
2. Kleybanova/Makarova vs. Grandin/Haynes (NB 14.00hrs)
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Alisa Kleybanova Blogs From Morocco
Alisa Kleybanova blogs from Morocco after winning her singles and doubles matches on Tuesday… she talks about how her day went and also answered some questions from her fans… Check it out…
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Definitely a good day for me today! I had my first clay court matches of the year and I’m happy with the results. I played my singles early in the day and my doubles in the evening, and I won both. The matches weren’t too tough but on clay... Read Full Story
Alisa Kleybanova Blogs From Morocco
Alisa Kleybanova blogs from Morocco… In her first post she talks about how much the tournament in Fes has improved since last year and how much she is enjoying it… Check it out…
Monday, April 27, 2009
Welcome to my blog! I’ve been working on my official website, which will be coming soon, and this will be good practice for that
I came to Morocco yesterday. I was practicing with the Russian Fed Cup team in Italy, and I was supposed to come here... Read Full Story
