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Novak Djokovic and Li Na will compete in a friendly "battle of the sexes" in the run-up to next week's the China Open for bragging rights during the autumn Asian tennis season on the ATP and WTA Tours.
If there’s one thing people know about me, it is my complete and utter joy for the game of tennis. When a match is on, you don’t bother me.
Maybe it's just that it's the end of the year. Maybe it's because it's the Asian swing. Whatever it is, top players are dropping like flies. Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are out.
On this month’s CNN Open Court…
Martina Hingis’s second comeback on the doubles court this summer has been high profile in terms of coverage but disappointing in terms of results. So at the age of 32, the one-time Swiss Miss is unsure whether she will compete again next year.
Tennis history is being made as the industry with the leadership of the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) has created a joint effort to get more people to play tennis.
Andy Murray's profile as measured by marketing gurus is on the up in the wake of his Wimbledon title. And his progress at the US Open where the majority of consumer surveyed live can only help the salability of the somewhat publicity-shy Scot.
“I was in the zone, things were easy. I wasn’t thinking…just playing and playing incredibly well.”
Serena Williams has never been one to hide how she is feeling, but she has been very diligent as of late about keeping calmer on court, which is one of the reasons why she won her 17th Grand Slam event title at the US Open with a victory over Victoria Azarenka in the final.
Serena Williams professes not to notice the fact that she has become the first woman to surpass $9 million in annual prize earnings through her fifth US open title win at the weekend.
By winning her 17th Grand Slam title at the US Open on Sunday, the spectacular Serena Williams is now just one major crown behind Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for fourth place on the all time list.
Today would have been my dear friend Gussy (Gussie) 90th birthday. Gertrude Augusta Moran was born in Santa Monica California
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won four consecutive 6-0 sets between them on Ashe stadium on Tuesday... Djokovic said "definitely today, second and third set have been some of the best tennis that I've played...
This was an evening match, but the crowd was sparse. Perhaps they expected a blowout. Which is what they got. Daniela Hantuchova will be #30 or #31, depending on how Flavia Pennetta does.
Serena Williams inflicted a double bagel on birthday girl Carla Suarez Navarro as the Spaniard celebrated her 25th birthday. It was only the second 6-0, 6-0 in the Open quarter-finals.
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