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As usual, at least for the last nearly ninety years, the last month of spring always brings Roland Garros and for the past few years – buckets of rain. Even with the overcast skies and brief periods of showers, the crowds were buzzing with excitement.
Former New Haven Open Champion and World No. 6 Petra Kvitova, World No. 11 Sara Errani and World No. 19 Genie Bouchard have committed to play the New Haven Open at Yale, a WTA event that is part of the Emirates Airline US Open Series to be held August 15-23, 2014...
As the Italian Open is wrapping up, we'd like to share a few EPA photos of the tournament winners.
Click here to see the results & order of play from Rome.
Serena Williams is known for her intensity on the court, but in the May 2014 issue of FITNESS magazine, on newsstands April 22, she opens up about the softer side of Serena—a woman who loves to laugh, belts out showtunes at karaoke and admits that her on-court persona isn't the real Serena.
The long-running 13-year boycott of the Indian Wells Masters by the Williams sisters goes on after Serena announced that she had considered - and rejected - an appeal to return to the tournament.
Na Li is the highest-paid Chinese athlete for the second year in a row, according to media group Titan Sports. Li was estimated as earning 124.5 million Yuan ($20 million) last year, making her by far the top earner in the rankings published by the group.
Click here to view the Sony Open Tennis results and more.
Mathematical memo to Maria Sharapova and her entourage: During the first two sets of Sharapova's match with Lucie Safarova, she was winning 34% of second serve points. At the same time, she was putting in 64% of first serves, and winning 70% of those points. Had she fired a first serve on her second serve, she would have double-faulted dozens of times but would have won 45% of second serve points.
Maria Sharapova has been putting in the hours for sponsor Porsche in the eve of the Miami Masters. The Russian, who lost the 2013 final to Serena Williams, graced an automotive a presentation in Tony Bal Harbor, Miami...
Serena Williams will return to her comfort zone at the Miami Masters after dealing with a back problem the last time she played a month ago in Dubai. The No. 1 skipped Indian Wells as usual as part of a family feud with organizers which has lasted for 13 years, but is ready to step onto court after her pause.
While Serena Williams remains optimistic about her chances at the Miami Masters, it's just the opposite for Agnieszka Radwanska, who will have to hope she heals her left knee enough to make a second-round starts after a bye at the event.
If Serena Williams is going to turn her slightly disappointing 2014 around, now would be a perfect time to start. After Miami, the Tour turns to surfaces where she is ever so slightly less comfortable, plus she is playing right in her own back yard, and she's defending champion, so she has strong reason to want to do well.
Flavia Pennetta’s title victory in the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells means she is close to breaking back into the top ten of WTA after a five year absence at the age of 32.
Victoria Azarenka won't be making the same mistake twice. At least not in Miami. Azarenka withdrew from the Sony Open on Wednesday, citing the foot injury that hampered her at the BNP Paribas Open.
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