Up The Coast
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, South Carolina — Gone are the palm trees of Key Biscayne and hard-court tennis. Welcome pink azaleas, trees dripping with Spanish moss, and the green clay courts of Family Circle Cup on Daniel Island. Pink azaleas and Spanish moss of Charleston, South Carolina After a month of WTA Premier Mandatory and ATP…
Andrea Petkovic New Champion at Family Circle Cup
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, April 6, 2014 — Andrea Petkovic drove the ball with precious and determination today, as she won her first Family Circle Cup championship. The German is the second lowest seeded player at No. 14 to win this title since her countrywoman Sabine Lisicki in 2009. This is Petkovic’s third WTA Career title.…
Petkovic and Cepelova Through To Finals in Charleston
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, April 5, 2014 — Andrea Petkovic cried. She was happy, though, after all her injuries, rehabs, coach changes, and today’s come-from-behind win over a tough Eugenie Bouchard in the first semifinal. “I really don’t know why I just broke down,” Petkovic said, smiling. She had defeated Bouchard, 16 63 75.…
Camp Charleston Semifinals
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, April 5, 2014 — None is over 30. They haven’t played each other anywhere. And one will crack the top 100 for the first time in her career, if you can even say that, because Belinda Bencic just turned 17. Belinda Bencic, Qualifier But the mood here on Daniel Island…
Bouchard Through To Semis at Family Circle Cup
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, S. C., April 4, 2014 — Eugenie Bouchard is the real deal. The 20-year-old Canadian arrived at Family Circle Cup for her inaugural tournament ranked outside the top 100, last year. She had to qualify for the main draw then ran away with matches until she faced Jelena Jankovic in…
Competitiveness At Family Circle Cup
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, April 3, 2014 — Jelena Jankovic acted the diva in Fila’s Diva Pink collection last night. The press dubbed her the Pink Panther. If she were a super hero, she said, her superpower would be ‘talking too much.’ Entertaining Jelena defeated Lauren Davis 60 63 with a feel-good mindset. Venus Williams on…
Do Girls Just Wanna Have Fun?
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, April 2, 2014 — Enough with the April Fools that weren’t. Serena Williams lost last night at Family Circle Cup, after a year of having lost 5 matches, to a kid ranked No. 78, plus the doubles wildcard team of Jelena Jankovic and Andrea Petkovic drew the fun-crowd of the day.…
Clay, The Gift That Keeps on Giving
By Jane Voigt Daniel Island, S.C., April 1, 2014 — It’s a touch warm at Family Circle Cup this afternoon, but nothing these women cannot handle. Yet the clay has presented some complications. Like Jelena Jankovic said yesterday, she looks forward to ‘getting her slide on’ at the first clay-court tournament. But adjustments are necessary.…