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Serena Williams Blog: Catch Me if You Can
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 19, 2009 at 7:37pm

Serena Williams Blog: Catch Me if You Can Serena Williams continues running around tv shows and different places to promote her new book and her HSN show… Check out what she says about it… Hey Guys, How are you all??? I am well but pretty busy… ...more

Aleksandra Wozniak advances at Quebec tennis
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 19, 2009 at 4:19pm

Aleksandra Wozniak advances at Quebec tennis Aleksandra Wozniak defeated Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-1 at the WTA Bell Challenge while Nadia Petrova was forced to withdrew from her quarter-final matchwith an illness. Wozniak will face Melinda Cink who w...more

DC shakeup. The ugly paradox.
by Athletic Women Blog
posted September 18, 2009 at 6:51pm

DC shakeup. No, not that DC. I refer here to DC Comics, which now has a new name—DC Entertainment—and a new president. This overhaul by parent company Warner Bros. bodes well for a forthcoming Wonder Woman film. Another sign that things are looking up...more

Serena Williams blog: Her new book “On the Line”
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 18, 2009 at 11:02am

Serena Williams blog: Her new book “On the Line” After the US Open, Serena Williams kept busy doing some press before the release of her new book “On the Line” and she wrote about all the things she is doing on her new blog post... Check it out...more

Inaugural Weekly Twitter Wrap
by LHiggs
posted September 18, 2009 at 10:59am

Welcome to my first weekly Twitter Wrap. The following is a collection of my favorite tweets by Professional Athlete from all sports. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I welcome your comments and tips throughout the week, you can bring tweet tha...more

Ana Ivanovic La Republica interview
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 17, 2009 at 10:50pm

Ana Ivanovic La Republica interview Ana Ivanovic featured in leading Italian newspaper La Republica , following an interview she gave earlier this summer. In the article that’s called “A winning game”, Ivanovic is described as “gorgeous”, �...more

Vera Zvonareva to pay $1500 fine at the US Open
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 17, 2009 at 9:06pm

Vera Zvonareva to pay $1500 fine at the US Open The highlight of the off-court action was Serena Williams being fined for insulting a linewoman but she was not the only one to receive some punishment during the 2009 US Open. Vera Zvonareva was fined $...more

Roland Garros: Is the French Open moving to Disneyland Paris
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 17, 2009 at 6:27pm

Roland Garros: Is the French Open Moving to Disneyland Paris Rumours about the French Open considering a move to Disneyland Paris have been downplayed but not dismissed by French Open director Gilbert Ysern. Local politcs and space restrictions have b...more

Women's Sports News: Some follow-ups
by After Atalanta
posted September 17, 2009 at 2:59pm

In the wake of the leak to the press about some findings from the medical examination of Caster Semenya, Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf (I am going to hear her talk tonight!) have another Nation column about the situation. They take to task the IAAF of course...more

The competing mommy discourses
by After Atalanta
posted September 16, 2009 at 11:48am

Throughout much of the US Open I was thinking, "glad I don't have kids!" But the other day I started thinking "I gotta myself knocked up!"Why the radical switch? Well the former sentiment emerged after hearing, ad nauseum, about coming back from pregnancy...more

Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva qualifiy for the Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 15, 2009 at 4:47pm

Caroline Wozniacki and Elena Dementieva qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009 Caroline Wozniacki, US Open finalist, and Elena Dementieva have qualified for the Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009, that will be played at the ...more

Video: Serena Williams on “Good Morning America”
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 15, 2009 at 3:41pm

Video: Serena Williams on “Good Morning America” Serena Williams was this morning on Good Morning America mostly to talk about her new book but she ended up talking of course about the what happened during her semifinal match at the 2009 US Open…...more

Criticisms of Serena turn racist
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 15, 2009 at 3:01pm

That didn't take long. Don't blow any sanity-watchers points reading fan reaction to the Serena situation. Serious overreaction time is upon us, and The Big Scary Black Woman is at fault. Her behavior was truly shocking, yet it's unlikely that the s...more

A pleasant but unsurprising result at the Open
by Women's Sports Blog
posted September 15, 2009 at 2:30pm

There is a small enough number of tennis-playing women who have been number one in the world, and a smaller group still of those are under thirty. Add to that a decimated draw, and you have a Clijsters victory. It's not like she's some hick from the s...more

Why is childbirth the athlete’s Bogeywoman?
by Fair Game News
posted September 15, 2009 at 11:38am

By Laura Pappano By the time Kim Clijsters charged toward the net to hit a final, overhead smash against Caroline Wozniacki and claim the 2009 US Open championship (7-5, 6-3), I was wondering if I really should be thinking so much about her uterus. Sure...more

Serena Williams amends original post semifinal statement
by Black Tennis Pro's
posted September 14, 2009 at 10:47pm

Hey guys!!!I want to amend my press statement of yesterday, and want to make it clear as possible - I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, the USTA, and tennis fans everywhere for my inappropriate outburst. I'm a woman of ...more

Social Media & Sport Apologies
by One Sport Voice
posted September 14, 2009 at 9:32pm

Discussion in the Tucker Center this morning was very lively around the topic of Serena Williams’ U.S. Open semifinal outburst, fine, and subsequent apology via her blog and Twitter account (also see picture here). I have a few other thoughts on Wi...more

Tennis News: Kim Clijsters moves into top 20 in women’s rankings
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 14, 2009 at 9:26pm

Tennis News: Kim Clijsters moves into top 20 in women’s rankings After winning the US Open Kim Clijsters moved into the top 20 in the women’s rankings Monday. Clijsters moved into 19th place in the WTA rankings after coming into the tournament unr...more

"Are You Serious?" - notes on Williams's outrage
by From A Left Wing
posted September 14, 2009 at 5:46pm

When confronted with the accusation that she'd threatened to kill the line judge, echoing John McEnroe's mantra of complaint, Serena Williams looked at the officials and asked "Are you serious?"Williams had lost her cool, that much is indisputable. This h...more

2009 US Open: Serena Williams’ statement to fans following semifinal match
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 14, 2009 at 5:22pm

2009 US Open: Serena Williams’ statement to fans following semifinal match “Last night everyone could truly see the passion I have for my job. Now that I have had time to gain my composure, I can see that while I don’t agree with the unfair line ...more

Serena’s apology via Twitter
by Pretty Tough
posted September 14, 2009 at 5:21pm

@serenajwilliams: I want to sincerely apologize FIRST to the lines woman, Kim Clijsters, USTA & mostly tennis fans everywhere. Thank you all for your support ...more

2009 US Open: Serena and Venus Williams win the U.S. Open women’s doubles title
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 14, 2009 at 4:19pm

2009 US Open: Serena and Venus Williams won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title Serena Williams and her sister Venus Williams have won the U.S. Open women’s doubles title. The Williams sisters defeated defending champions Cara Black and Liezel H...more

2009 US Open Final interview with: Kim Clijsters September 13th
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 14, 2009 at 2:59pm

2009 US Open Final interview with: Kim Clijsters September 13th TIM CURRY: Questions for your 2009 US Open champion, please. Q. First of all, congratulations. KIM CLIJSTERS: Thank you. Q. It was a remarkable accomplishment. Being out on that court a...more

Ana Ivanovic voted Ambassador of the Year 2008 by the International Tennis Writer’s Association
by WTA Women's Tennis
posted September 14, 2009 at 2:56pm

Ana Ivanovic voted Ambassador of the Year 2008 by the International Tennis Writer’s Association Ana Ivanovic was voted Ambassador of the Year 2008 by the International Tennis Writer’s Association. “Our members have been truly impressed by her co...more

Troubling comments from the US Open
by After Atalanta
posted September 14, 2009 at 2:32pm

Ok so I have decided to address the Serena Williams incident in the context of all the other interesting gender stuff that occurred at this year's US Open.We had all the "women's game sucks" comments from the print and television media. Commentators of co...more

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