It looks like the final line-up is gonna be Serena verse Venus.
Venus was handed a spot in the semis as Kuznetsova beated Dementieva 6-3, 6-2.
Such result make Venus able to advance as she score more sets than Dementieva, despite both players lost 2 matches in the round robin status.
In the white group round robin...
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Doha Day 3 features Serena’s win over Dementieva; Venus over Kuznetsova and dramatic win over Zvonareva by Wozniacki.
Serena, the year end No.1 was broken to trail 2-1 in the first set but then won seven straight games to take control of the match, moving Dementieva around the court with her powerful ground strokes....
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Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009 Serena Williams guarantees her year end No.1 ranking with a win over sister Venus Williams as well as the retirement of Dinara Safina.
Serena Williams led Venus 4-1 and two breaks but let her come back and had to save a match point when serving at 6-5. Serena then...
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The first day marked the bright debut of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka; as well as the victory of both Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva.
The erratic play of Jelena Jankovic who committed 33 unforced errors handed Azarenka an easy win. The score was 6-2, 6-3.
Both Williams sisters should have been celebrating victories but Venus, the defending...
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Mark Philippoussis and Jennifer Esposito are getting married.
They were angaged this summer.
Philippoussis, 32 who is known for having one of the fastest service in the game during the height of his career, was a finalist in 98 US Open (winner: Pat Rafter) and 03 Wimbledon (winner: Roger Federer). He also won Hopman Cup for...
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The elite eight qualifiers glammed up for the draw ceremony at the Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009.
They all look so glamorous and elegant. Don’t you think so?
The players are divided into 2 groups of 4. Players plays round robin matches in their group, and the best 2 players of each group progress to...
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American tennis legends Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi resumed their rivalry in Macau on Sunday 25/10, where Sampras won over Agassi, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8, in an exhibition match held at the Venetian Macao Hotel. The decider set was a tiebreaker.
Sampras led their head-to-head 20 to 14, including 4 to 1 in Grand Slam finals,...
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The Austrian stamp is not the first stamp for honouring Roger Federer. A special one-franc stamp celebrating the extraordinary achievement of Federer was issued by the Swiss post back in 2007.
Roger is the first living person to receive the honour.
When the stamp was released Roger was a owner of 10 grand slam titles. Now...
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Austria’s postal services will issue a stamp honouring Roger as the world’s best tennis player.
The 65-centime stamp shows Roger Federer winning the French Open this year (photo taken by Paul Zimmer), with the text “Best Tennis Player of the World” attached. It will be designed by renowned Austrian stamp artist Renate Gruber.
The 400,000 stamps...
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This is the Official Australian Open 2010 TV ad and poster. Both feature Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt, Serena Williams and Samantha Stosur.
I think this is a pretty cool ad and poster, the blue paint represents the dynamic and fashionable aspects of tennis.
However I would love to have more players included.
You can purchase...
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