2010 Pan Pacific Open Women’s Singles Results

Third seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine in two straight sets with 6-4 and 6-1 at the 2010 Pan Pacific Open. Sixth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland had no problems with Olga Govortsova of Belarus, winning 6-2 and 6-3. Aravane Rezai defeated Polona Hercog in two sets with 6-2 and 7-5. German Julia Goerges caused a major upset, beating former no. 1 player Dinara Safina of Russia in three sets with 6-1, 5-7 and 6-2. Marion Bartoli of France downed Yanina Wickmayer with 6-4 and 6-4. American Coco Vandeweghe had a good start in the tournament beating Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) with 6-4 and 7-6(6). Shahar Peer had to go over the…

Stakhovsky wins first round opener at 2010 Malaysian Open

The 7-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky needed three sets to win his 2010 Malaysian Open first round match against Michael Russell with 2-6, 7-6 (4) and 6-3 after saving two match points. The match lasted for 2 hours and 46 minutes. Russell returned very well today and broke his opponent five times. However, aside from the two match points, he also saved the most critical break-point in the third set. Andrey Golubev who entered the event as the eighth-seed advanced to the second round by winning his match in two straight sets with 7-5 and 6-2 over Lu Yen-Hsun. The match between the two wild-card entries Yuki Bhambri and Si Yew-Ming ended with a two set win…

Sharapova loses to Date Krumm in 2010 Pan Pacific Open

The 2010 Pan Pacific Open has had its first major upset. The defending champion Maria Sharapova lost her first round match to Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm in three sets with 7-5, 3-6 and 6-3 on Monday. Date Krumm will celebrate her 40th birthday tomorrow. In the deciding third set, she managed to break 23-year-old Sharapova for a 5-3 lead and then served out for the match. Date Krumm returned to playing tennis competitively back in 2008 after she took a 12 year break. In an interview after the match she said that she had to play her best tennis in order to beat a former world number 1 player and defending champion. Sharapova struggled with…

Soccer Star David Beckham Gets Confrontational

Most of us know how it feels to go back to the locker room after a loss. And that’s exactly what soccer star David Beckham did after his team, L.A. Galaxy, lost with 2-0 to the New York Red Bulls last Friday night. A fan tried to be funny and yelled at Beckham to “stop with the prostitutes”. This was a reference to statements made by a female located in New York that Beckham had paid her for her “services”. The claims are unsubstantiated; however, they were embraced by the media for obvious reasons. As Beckham heard the fan’s comment, he turned around and walked straight up to him, asking him to repeat what he…

Zac Efron Not Worried About Alienating His Fans With New Movie

High School Musical star and teen heart-throb Zac Efron has been talking with Premiere about his role in the new movie Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud and revealed that he is not worried about alienating his fanbase with the new role which he admits is a departure from his usual roles… “It’s a bit more real than before, we’re no longer in a heightened reality. These things do happen! “I think [fans] are old enough now, at least the ones who’ll come see this movie, hopefully they’ll understand that and won’t be too taken aback by it. It’s quite soft.” Here’s the synopsis for Death & Life of Charlie St. Could that I…