VENUS WILLIAMS WINS BNP PARIBAS SHOWDOWN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

NEW YORK – Venus Williams won the title at the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup exhibition tennis series Monday at Madison Square Garden, defeating Kim Cljisters 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the final.
Williams won $400,000 for winning the one-night, four-player event that featured players who won the previous year’s major titles or [...]

SAMPRAS, BLAKE ADDED TO ATLANTIC CITY EVENT: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS

Sampras, Blake Added to Atlantic City Event: This Week in Tennis Business

ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB NAMED SITE OF ATLANTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS: THIS WEEK IN TENNIS BUSINESS

By Justin Cohen

The USTA Southern section announced on Tuesday that the Atlanta Athletic Club will host the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships from July 19-25, an ATP World Tour 250 event that will kick-off the Olympus US Open Series. “The Atlanta Athletic Club is the perfect site for the Atlanta Tennis Championships,” said Rex Maynard, the [...]

HENIN AND CLIJSTERS IN BRISBANE FINAL

Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters will meet in a battle of the comeback queens at the Brisbane International event.
Both are former world number ones and Henin, playing her first event since May 2008, crushed Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic 6-3 6-2 in a little more than an hour. Here is match point -
Clijsters, who made her own [...]

HARRY CICMA INTERVIEWS ANA IVANOVIC

Harry Cicma interviews Ana Ivanovic. It’s pretty interesting to see what she thought about her 2009 season. I am looking forward to seeing her perform in the 2010 season. She has hired a new coach and is eager to win another Grand Slam tournament this year. Hopefully she can repeat herself at the Australian Open [...]

BRISBANE: GREAT TENNIS, GREAT FUN

The Brisbane International starts off the New Year with a great line up, headlined as the return WTA event for the newly, un-retired Justine Henin. Joining Henin will be her fellow Belgian “comeback kid” Kim Clijsters as well as Ana Ivanovic. Andy Roddick, Gael Monfils and James Blake highlight the men’s field. This year marks [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS OF 2009

STARS OF 2009

Australian Open

Men: Rafael Nadal; Women: Serena Williams

Roland Garros

Men: Roger Federer; Women: Svetlana Kuznetsova

Wimbledon

Men: Roger Federer; Women: Serena Williams

US Open
Men: Juan Martin del Potro; Women: Kim Clijsters
Sony Ericsson Championships

Serena Williams

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals

Nikolay Davydenko

Davis Cup

Spain

Fed Cup

Italy

SAYINGS

“We can attribute the strength and the growth of women’s tennis a great deal to her. She is [...]

MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE:MALISSE AND WICKMAYER NO LONGER SUSPENDED

STARS

Regina Kulikova beat Sandra Zahlavova 7-6 (6) 6-3 to win the Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

SAYING

“The ITF has removed both Mr. Malisse and Ms. Wickmayer from the list of suspended players, and both are eligible to participate with immediate effect.” – The International Tennis Federation (ITF), in a statement.
”It’s the best [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: Wickmayer and Malisse to appeal against ban

STARS

Michael Berrer beat Dominik Hrbaty 6-7 (6) 64 7-6 (3) to win the men’s singles at the Ritro Slovak Open in Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Michael Russell won the JSM Challenger of Champaign-Urbana, beating Taylor Dent 7-5 6-4 in Champaign, Illinois, USA

Eduardo Schwank beat Jorge Aguilar 7-5 6-4 to win the Lima Challenger 2009 in Lima, Peru

Takao [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: Caro, it does not matter whether it’s going to be 5-0, 4-1 or 3-2

STARS

Mikhail Youzhny beat Janko Tipsarevic 6-5 (5) 6-0 6-4 to win the Kremlin Cup men’s singles in Moscow, Russia

Francesca Schiavone beat Olga Govortsova 6-3 6-0 to win the Kremlin Cup women’s singles in Moscow, Russia

Marcos Baghdatis beat Olivier Rochus 6-1 7-5 to win the Stockholm Open in Stockholm, Sweden

Timea Bacsinszky won the Luxembourg Open, beating [...]

Mondays With Bob Greene: I think that Justine’s comeback is good news for women’s tennis

STARS

Albert Montanes won the BCR Open Romania, beating Juan Monaco 7-6 (2) 7-6 (6) in Bucharest, Romania

Gael Monfils beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (1) 3-6 6-2 to win the Open de Moselle in Metz, France

Kimiko Date Krumm beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to win the Hansol Korea Open in Seoul, Korea

Shahar Peer won the Tashkent [...]