Stosur makes good start on grass

China's Li Na has begun her 2013 grass court season by beating Alize Cornet 6-2 6-4 to reach the second round of the Eastbourne International on Tuesday. Second seed Li, French Open champion two years ago, moved into a match-up with France's Marion ...

Raonic was beaten 6-2, 7-6 (7) by Croatia's Ivan Dodig in the second round at the Eastbourne grass-court tournament.

While Martina Navratilova, Bjorn Bjorg, Steffi Graf, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer thrived at Wimbledon, the grass surface of the hallowed courts, says Bikash Mohapatra, also proved the graveyard of many other tennis greats.   It is now the only Grand Slam tournament that's played on grass court. And it is considered the biggest of them all. Every player wants to have a Wimbledon title in his/her resume.  While a notable few - Martina Navratilova, Bjorn Bjorg, Steffi Graf, Pete ...

Wimbledon might not be her most successful tournament but Li says she is feeling "totally relaxed" ahead of next week's grasscourt grand slam, thanks to the flying visit home. Getty image "I had one week off, I was feeling in need of having time to ...

The grass itself is not like what I played on in the 1970s. Its of a completely different texture and much slower. The game as a result is being played completely from the baseline. But with the racquets getting more and more powerful, the balls and the ...

Australian Bernard Tomic has recharged his form on grass, shaking off last week`s hamstring concern to post a 6-3, 6-4 first round win over Briton James Ward at the ATP-WTA Eastbourne International on Tuesday. The victory came one week after Tomic lost in the ...

PUYALLUP, Wash. - An experimental plane wound up in the grass after a failed takeoff Tuesday from Thun Field in Pierce County, south of Puyalllup.Ed Troyer of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said the pilot was not injured in the accident. There ...

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The fourth-ranked Pole has had her ups and downs on the lawns, losing on the South coast in the first round a year ago but going on to make a surprise appearance in her first major final facing Serena Williams in the title match at the All England ...