This photo is the memory I have of Serena Williams from 2009. She is shaking hands with Kim Clijsters of Belgium after Williams was disqualified by a foot fault during the Women's Singles Semifinal match of the 2009 U.S. Open on September 12, 2009. Williams was given a point penalty, which happened to be match
Belgian Kim Clijsters, who just came out of retirement this year, beat American Venus Williams at the Diamond Games exhibition match in Antwerp, 6-1, 7-5. It was the first high-level match that Clijsters had played in her native country since returning to tennis this year. They were playing in front of 14,000 people in the
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario may have to get a part-time job to pay off her back-tax debt. The Spanish Supreme Court has ordered the former top-ranked women's player to pay back approximately $5.1 million in unpaid income tax. The court rejected Sanchez-Vicario’s assertion that she was a resident of Andorra and not Spain from 1989 to 1993.
The current world No. 2, and 3-time Grand Slam finalist, Dinara Safina of Russia, is pulling out of the Brisbane International scheduled for January 3-10, 2010, because of a lingering back injury. The back pain forced Safina to quit in tears after just 12 minutes and two games into a match against Jelena Jankovic at
Amidst controversy and spectacular play, Serena Williams of the United States ends 2009 ranked No. 1 in the world on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Once before in her 14 year career she achieved the No. 1 year-end ranking, seven years ago in 2002. Just three years ago, in 2006 she had dipped to No.
Martina Hingis has reported that she will not come back to tennis following her two-year ban in 2007 for testing positive for cocaine. She says she is happy with her new life. "I've got a nice house, my four horses. On the tour, I had no life." She added that if she had not been
Justine Henin has made it definite, she will return to the WTA Tour at the Brisbane International which is scheduled two weeks before her comeback to Grand Slam tennis at the 2010 Australian Open. As a former No. 1 ranked player, it will be great to have Henin back in the realm of women's tennis.
