Aces
Twelfth seed Ana Ivanovic defeated third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) for the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open title in Berlin yesterday. (Superb Ana sweeps to title)
Japan’s Akiko Morigami won her first WTA Tour title yesterday with a 6-1 6-3 defeat of France’s Marion Bartoli at the ECM Prague Open. (Morigami captures maiden WTA title)
Sania Mirza is writing the WTA Tour’s blog this week from the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Morocco. (Sania Mirza Blogs From Morocco)
Venus and Serena Williams are reportedly interested in starting a tennis camp in Montenegro. (Williams sisters may open tennis camp)
On a personal note, thank you to each of you who left notes of condolences and support over the weekend! I’m back home and hope to have everything back to normal at On the Baseline by the middle of the week.
Be sure to check the Ticker throughout the day for the latest news!
Net Cords
Injured Martina Hingis will not be defending her title this week at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. (Ailing Hingis will skip Rome)
Kim Clijsters has been removed from the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings, making her retirement official. (Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Singles Rankings)
Faults
None Today!
Top Results on Sunday
Qatar Telecom German Open Singles Final
(12) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) d. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3-6 6-4 7-6(4)
Qatar Telecom German Open Doubles Final
(1) Raymond/Stosur (USA/AUS) d. Garbin/Vinci (ITA/ITA) 6-3 6-4
ECM Prague Open Singles Final
(6) Akiko Morigami (JPN) d. (1) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 6-1 6-3
ECM Prague Open Doubles Final on Saturday
Cetkovska/Hlavackova (CZE/CZE) d. Ji/S.Sun (CHN/CHN) 7-6(7) 6-2
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.
Internazionali BNL d’Italia: Ai Sugiyama vs. Maria Kirilenko, Daniela Hantuchova vs. Aravane Rezai, Shahar Peer vs. Agnieszka Radwanska, Elena Dementieva vs. Maria Elena Camerin
Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem: Vania King vs. Bahia Mouhtassine, Jarmila Gajdosova vs. Melinda Czink, Alize Cornet vs. Nuria Llagostera Vives
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