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WTA Finals Will Be All-Williams Affair

Posted: Oct 31st 2009 5:39PM by FanHouse Newswire (author feed)
Filed under: WTA, WTA Rankings

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The Williams sisters will end their season with another title matchup.

Venus Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday in one semifinal at the Sony Ericsson Championships. Serena Williams won the other when Caroline Wozniacki quit because of an abdominal injury while trailing 6-4, 0-1.

Serena, who secured the year-end No. 1 ranking this week, is returning to the final of the WTA Tour's season-ending championships for the first time since 2004. She was knocked out in the group stage the last two years, but was the only player to go undefeated through the round-robin rounds this time.

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Unseeded Sharapova Wins Pan Pacific

Posted: Oct 3rd 2009 6:25PM by FanHouse Newswire (author feed)
Filed under: WTA

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TOKYO (AP) -- Maria Sharapova won her first tournament since returning from a 10-month injury layoff when Jelena Jankovic retired because of an arm injury in the first set of the Toray Pan Pacific final Saturday

Sharapova was up 5-2 at Ariake Colosseum when the seventh-seeded Serb took a timeout to have her right arm examined by the trainer. Jankovic returned to the court and lost the first two points of the eighth game before retiring.

"It's disappointing," said Sharapova, who had arthroscopic surgery to repair a rotator cuff in her right shoulder nearly a year ago. "It's toward the end of the year and there are a lot of injuries so I wish Jelena a speedy recovery."

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Sharapova, Jankovic Advance to Quarters at Pan Pacific Open

Posted: Sep 30th 2009 10:55AM by FanHouse Newswire (author feed)
Filed under: WTA, WTA Rankings

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TOKYO (AP) -- Maria Sharapova recovered from a slow start Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over compatriot Alisa Kleybanova.

The former top-ranked Russian, who has been struggling since returning from a 10-month injury layoff, will face Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Benesova defeated Taiwan's Chang Kai-chan 7-5, 6-2.

Sharapova, 25th in the world rankings, took control of the match in the second set when she broke Kleybanova three times to open up a 5-0 lead. Kleybanova broke back in the sixth game and held before Sharapova served to win the set.

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Serena Should Be No. 1 and Much More

Posted: Apr 21st 2009 8:44PM by Greg Couch (author feed)
Filed under: WTA, WTA Rankings

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Blame the system if you want. It is all wrong. But Dinara Safina is now the No. 1 ranked women's tennis player, and no, she's not the best women's player.

Psycho. That's how Serena Williams, the best player, described it.

"I just ...'' she said. "I can't compute it.''

No, a computer does that. Tennis has its own little BCS-type controversy now, with computers trying to measure greatness. The difference is that the college football can't pick a champ without computers. Tennis does it with tournaments.

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Top 20 Things About Billie Jean King Cup

Posted: Mar 3rd 2009 11:19AM by Tom Herrera (author feed)
Filed under: FanHouse Exclusive, Billie Jean King Cup

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NEW YORK -- FanHouse was all credentialed up for Monday night's BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup. From Bill Clinton's speech, to what Serena's triumph over her sister means moving forward, here's a list of 20 observations from a night of tennis involving Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams and Venus Williams at New York's Madison Square Garden.

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Serena Williams Takes Out Sister Venus At Madison Square Garden

Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:45PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: WTA, Billie Jean King Cup

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The BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup might have included four of the top women's tennis players, but the Madison Square Garden crowd wanted only two to make it to the finals.

They got their wish when Serena Williams took down Ana Ivanovic, and Venus Williams beat Jelena Jankovic to set up an all-Williams final that Serena took, 6-4, 6-3.

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Serena and Friends Hit 'The Mecca'

Posted: Mar 2nd 2009 11:39AM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: WTA, Billie Jean King Cup

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LeBron James recently called Madison Square Garden "The Mecca." It's the first arena you think of when basketball comes to mind. Well, Monday night, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic will turn the Garden into a tennis "Mecca" in the four-player BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup

And Serena, for one, couldn't be more excited about it.

"I think growing up I've always watched tennis on Madison Square Garden," the 2009 Australian Open champion said via conference call. "You know, there was the WTA event that was there as long as I can remember, and I've always wanted to play there and you know, I never thought I would actually have a chance in my career to play once that tournament was removed and then here I am."

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Garden Suits Venus Just Fine

Posted: Feb 13th 2009 7:58AM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: WTA, Billie Jean King Cup

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On March 2, Madison Square Garden will showcase some of the finest talent the women's game has to offer.

Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic will be competing in the four-player BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup. On Wednesday, Venus talked about competing in the tournament (via conference call), and said as much as she respects the other players, an all-Williams final is what she wants.

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Ana Ivanovic Talks About Teenage Ball Boy Who Proposed to Her

Posted: Jan 13th 2009 1:00PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: WTA

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If you don't already know Ana Ivanovic, you probably will soon. Ranked fifth in the world, Ivanovic is sneakily good looking, with a sex appeal that's making waves in Europe. Ivanovic won the French Open in 2008, and is now bringing her appeal to Manhattan.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia plays a backhand during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open 2009 at Melbourne Park on January 13, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ana Ivanovic

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia plays a forehand during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open 2009 at Melbourne Park on January 13, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ana Ivanovic

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia plays a backhand volley during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open 2009 at Melbourne Park on January 13, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ana Ivanovic

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia plays a forehand volley during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open 2009 at Melbourne Park on January 13, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Ana Ivanovic

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic hits a forehand during a practice session at Melbourne Park January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA)

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic hits a backhand at a practice session at Melbourne Park January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA)

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic hits a forehand during a practice session at Melbourne Park January 12, 2009. REUTERS/Mick Tsikas (AUSTRALIA)

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** FILE ** In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 file photo Russia's Maria Sharapova reacts after beating Serbia's Ana Ivanovic during the final of the Women's singles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia. Defending champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to her slower than expected recovery following a shoulder injury. Sharapova advised tournament officials on Sunday that she would not be able to defend her title at Melbourne Park beginning Jan. 19. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill, File)

On March 2, Ana will join Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic as part of the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup that will take place at Madison Square Garden on HBO.

While that is exciting in and of itself, Ana has been enjoying some rather peculiar activity as of late with her on-court tennis life. Just over a week ago, Ivanovic was practicing for the Brisbane International when a teenage ball boy with a lot of chutzpah decided he'd do what most of us wish we could -- ask Ivanovic to marry him.

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Tennis: Stars React to Playboy Spread

Posted: Jul 22nd 2008 12:30PM by Elie Seckbach (author feed)
Filed under: Tennis, Women's Sports, FanHouse TV, The Word

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Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos.

The East West Bank Classic draws some of the biggest names from the world of Tennis. On opening day we were there and talked to Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Vera Zvonareva and Alexsandra Wozniak. Around 1:55 into the video find out what some of the stars think about Ashley Harkleroad's pictures in Playboy.

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