American teen, Melanie Oudin, shocked former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic by eliminating her 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2 to pull off what might be the biggest upset at the 2009 Wimbledon championships so far.  I’m not sure if the 82F/28C degree heat played a factor, though, since the pair took a 12 minute break after Jankovic called for a medical timeout.  The sixth seeded Serbian star had to lay on the court for a little while with a blood pressure cuff on her arm.  As if that wasn’t bad enough, she called another timeout later for her left foot.  Basically, it …read more

On Tuesday (May 12) No. 3 Serena Williams was defeated by Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. The match took 2 hours and 12 minutes. Serena’s sister Venus was watching from the sideline after stopping her match on Monday due to a knee injury. This was not a good tournament for the Williams sisters.

Serena was really struggling through this match and Kleybanova lead early in the match.
“I felt like she won by just being aggressive from both sides (of the court),” Williams said. “Against me she had to go for everything and make everything. All her balls landed …read more

*Cue the drum roll, jugglers, and acrobats*
After a week of vacation-y bliss, yours truly is back at the helm of Gossip On Sports. We’re defrosting our icy heart just long enough to thank Channel Editor Kori Ellis of The Fantasy Kickoff for filling in for us while we were away.
We apologize for not telling you about the vacay in advance, but we didn’t want autograph hounds and paparazzi to follow us all over Arizona. (It’s OK to laugh. That’s a joke. Truth is, we’re not even sure anyone noticed we were gone).
Anyhow, in the spirit of back-to-school “What I Did …read more