It seems Cowboy Mattek takes her tennis more seriously this year ... 4th round in a slam

Alize Cornet won her first singles title on the WTA tour today in Budapest:

Singles - Final
(2) Alizé Cornet (FRA) d. Andreja Klepac (SLO) 76(5) 63


Victoria Azarenka [WTA 16] is now the only current top twenty player to not have won a WTA tour title.

Maria Sharapova defeated Marta Domachowska last night but after the match she retired for the rest of the tournament and she will probably not play the Olympics and the US Open.
She will decide after some tests. It's the old shoulder injury from last season again

I have to say i'm disappointed with the season 2008. Everybodys struggling. My darlings, Vaidisova, Hantuchova, Szavay and Golovin, which everyone had a stellar Fall 07 are injured ore are struggling so much. My only Fave who improved and plays well is Dinara. Some strange players are going to make big results, when i watched at the rankings i saw Alisa Kleybanova #35. I could not believe that (even though i knew her due to beating Danka and Nikki ). Davenport's comeback is also very strange and everything changed too much. The best WTA was at Masters 2005 with Pierce, Clijsters and Fitport. I'm happy to see how Players like Azarenka, Radwanska, Cornet, Wozniacki and Cibulkova are improving, because i like them a lot and i think they have the potential to lead the WTA Rankings in a few years. But i miss the "real" hopes like Vaidisova, Golovin and Kirilenko.

When i saw Bethanie Mattek play in L.A. i was simply shocked. Based on her current results i thought maybe she's playing well. But just the way she plays is scary. I just asked myself is that clean and beautiful tennis? Today i saw Michelle Larcher de Brito in Montréal vs. Kuznetsova and i thought she's talented, but her grunts are annoying. Is that the WTA of 2012? I really miss the old times. 2007 was such a great year, and 2008 seems to be a nightmare (with the exception of Dinara).

I hope Players Radwanska, Cornet etc. will win the big titles in the future, because the way they're playing and they're behaviour is great.

My Top 10 of 2012:

1. Nicole Vaidisova
2. Agnes Szavay
3. Agnieszka Radwanska
4. Alizé Cornet
5. Tatiana Golovin
6. Dinara Safina
7. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
8. Dominika Cibulkova
9. Victoria Azarenka
10. Ana Ivanovic

Given Shazza's comments after Henin's retirement and her health and injury problems, I wouldn't be shocked if she retired in the next year.

I don't think it's likely to happen, but I wouldn't totally discount the possibility.

Ivanovic lost last night from Paszek in 3 sets. I guess that's her first big win this season , after a very promosing season last year. Not suprised about the loss, she didn't practise much the last
weeks , and it proves ones more that whoever will be number one (she,jelena , maria or sveta) it will be the number one cause of failing concurrents.

It will take some years before there is someone like Justine again who will dominate the Tour.