11/22/2009

WTA hotties Awards 2009 nominations!!

From November 29th we will be hosting the WTA hotties Awards 2009 (our first awards ever!). Here are the nominees for the different categories.

Player of the year
* Serena Williams
* Dinara Safina
* Svetlana Kuznetsova

Doubles team of the year
* Cara Black & Liezel Huber
* Serena Williams & Venus Williams
* Maria Jose Martinez & Nuria Llagostera

Most improved player
* Caroline Wozniacki
* Victoria Azarenka
* Samantha Stosur

Breakthrough player of the year
* Yanina Wickmayer
* Sabine Lisicki
* Melanie Oudin

Match of the year
* Jelena Dokic def Alisa Kleybanova 7-5 5-7 8-6 (Australian Open R16)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova def Serena Williams 7-6(3) 5-7 7-5 (Roland Garros QF)
* Serena Williams def Elena Dementieva 6-7(4) 7-5 8-6 (Wimbledon SF)

Most inspiring performance
* Jelena Dokic's run at Australian Open
* Melanie Oudin's run at US Open
* Kim Clijsters' comeback and US Open title

There will also be a Special Award, but I'm keeping this as a secret.

Tell us what your choices would be.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Congrats for the awards! :) Here are my votes:

Player of the year: Serena Williams
Doubles team of the year: Cara Black and Liezel Huber

Most improved player: Victoria Azarenka

Breakthrough of the year: Yanina Wickmayer

Match of the year: Serena Williams def. Elena Dementieva

Most inspiring performance: Kim Clijsters' comeback and US Open title