French tennis player, Marion Bartoli, surprised American, Venus Williams, in the WTA Bank of West Classic final by winning 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.  I’m sure this was an amazing feeling for Bartoli who lost to Williams during the 2007 final at Wimbledon.  She also lost this event to Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak last year.

Bartoli didn’t gloat over the victory which has resulted in her being bumped up two spots in the rankings to 12th.  After the match she said: “it was great to play Venus again.  I have a lot of good memories from Wimbledon.”
This was the seventh time Williams played in …read more

A day after her younger sister, Serena Williams, was eliminated at the Bank of West Classic, Venus Williams moved on to the $700,000 final and will face Marion Bartoli.  Venus was able to easily push aside Russia’s Elena Dementieva with a final score of 6-0, 6-1.

Venus is no stranger to victory in Stanford.  She captured the title at this event in both 2000 and 2002 and was the runner-up in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2005.  It’s very possible that she could win this title again.
She and Bartoli do not have a long history but it’s still meaningful – they have …read more

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Marion Bartoli managed to defeat top seeded Jelena Jankovic, bringing on one of the biggest upsets of the 2009 Australian Open. She won the match in two straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, and is headed to the quarterfinals.
Jankovic’s performance just wasn’t up to par with Bartoli’s. She only won 56% of the points on her first serve, compared to Bartoli’s 81%.
In the quarterfinals, she played Russia’s Vera Zvonareva and defeated in just 69 minutes, 6-3, 6-0. Zvonareva performed flawlessly and is known as a “ball machine”.
Bartoli admitted that she was outplayed.