Aces and Faults: Safina and Dechy Win US Open Doubles Title
Posted by Aaress Lawless on Sep 10, 2007 | Print |
Aces
Dinara Safina and Nathalie Dechy defeated Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung Chuang 6-4, 6-2 in the US Open women’s doubles final on Sunday. Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka won the mixed doubles title on Thursday. (Dechy, Safina Conquer Chan, Chuang in Doubles Final)
Lindsay Davenport will be competing in the singles and doubles events at the Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic this week in Bali. (Jelena, Daniela, Patty Top The Seeds In Indonesia)
Nicole Vaidisova will be visiting the DeSoto Boys and Girls Club today in Florida. (Tennis star Vaidisova will make local appearance)
The DecoTurf II court surface will be used at the Olympics in Beijing. (DecoTurf)
Ana Ivanovic has been named a National Ambassador for Serbia by UNICEF. (Ana becomes UNICEF National Ambassador)
Net Cords
Crowd favorite Sania Mirza may be forced to withdraw from the upcoming Sunfeast Open because of a wrist injury. (Sania doubtful for Sunfeast Open)
Maria Sharapova sat in Novak Djokovic’s guest box yesterday during the men’s final, but she and Djokovic are just friends. (Novak on Maria, De Niro and Yeah, Tennis)
Faults
None today!
Stars On Court Today
Bali: Daniela Hantuchova/Lindsay Davenport vs. Sophie Lefevre/Ipek Senoglu, Jill Craybas vs. Elise Tamaela
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