Aces
Serena Williams is the featured athlete for Nike’s latest campaign for women. You can download this desktop wallpaper at Nike Women. (Serena Williams’ Nike Women Desktop)
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, Aces for Homes, has relaunched for the 2007 season. (Aces For Homes Relaunched For 2007)
Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Liezel Huber is blogging for the WTA Tour from the Open Gaz de France. (Liezel Huber’s Paris Blog)
The schedule for this year’s season of World Team Tennis has been published. (WTT announces 2007 Pro League schedule)
Venus and Serena Williams arrived yesterday in Jamaica for three days of tennis clinics and motivational speaking. (Warm welcome for Williams sisters)
Since ending her tenure as CEO of the WTA Tour, Anne Worcester has crafted the Pilot Pen event into one of the most successful tennis tournaments in the United States. (Queen Anne & Her Court Business New Haven)
Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic are leading the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s ACES Race, an initiative to reward players that go above and beyond to promote tennis on and off the court. (Ivanovic, Jankovic Take Lead in ACES Race 2007)
Israel’s Shahar Peer has signed an almost $500,000 endorsement contract with Apex. (Apex to sponsor Shahar Peer)
Faults
Maria Sharapova lost her Nike+ challenge to basketball star LeBron James. Looks like the world number one will be in for water-girl duties soon. (LeBron vs. Maria)
Stars on Court Today
Be sure to check out the rest of today’s schedule at the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Order of Play page.
PARIS: Katarina Srebotnik vs. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, Nicole Vaidisova vs. Aravane Rezai, Patty Schnyder vs. Ekaterina Bychkova
PATTAYA CITY: Maria Kirilenko vs. Nicole Pratt, Marion Bartoli vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives
That screensaver is so powerful. I got goosebumps reading it!