Aces
The winners of the 2007 Baseline Awards will be announced on Tuesday!
Serena Williams battled for a three-set win over Lucie Safarova in her first match at the Hyundai Hopman Cup. (International Herald Tribune)
Lindsay Davenport and Tamira Paszek opened their 2008 tennis seasons today with straight sets wins at the ASB Classic. Davenport defeated Laura Granville 6-2, 6-3 and Paszek defeated Yanina Wickmayer 7-6(7), 6-1.
Maria Sharapova defeated Anna Chakvetadze 6-0, 7-6(10) in an exhibition match on Sunday in Singapore. (Fox Sports)
A newly engaged Bryanne Stewart is blogging for the WTA Tour this week from Gold Coast. (Sony Ericsson WTA Tour website)
Justine Henin was selected by Spain’s major press agency EFE as female sportsperson of 2007. (Justine Henin’s Official Website)
Top seed Nicole Vaidisova is eager to start the 2008 season at the Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts. (Tennis Australia)
Ana Ivanovic has donated $62,804 to UNICEF’s Schools Without Violence program in Serbia. (Ana Ivanovic’s Official Website)
Samantha Stosur will be able to take advantage of the Tour’s special injury ranking policy. (Fox Sports)
Anna Chakvetadze participated in a tennis clinic on Sunday morning in Singapore. (Channel NewsAsia)
Dinara Safina has hired two coaches, Heinz Gunthardt, one of Steffi Graf’s former coaches, and Croatian Zeljko Krajan. (Fox Sports)
Maria Sharapova believes that women’s tennis is clean. (AP)
Alicia Molik received a wild card into the Medibank International. (Medibank International)
Jelena Jankovic plans to scale down her schedule in 2008. (Reuters)
Net Cords
Ukraine’s Julia Vakulenko withdrew from the Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts because of a wrist injury. (Star-Telegram)
Lindsay Davenport has only committed to play until the US Open. (New Zealand Herald)
Faults
None today!
Stars On Court Today
Because of the time difference, some of these matches may have already been completed.
Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts: Schnyder vs. Kleybanova, Garbin vs. Petrova, Gajdosova vs. Safina, Savchuk vs. Mauresmo
ASB Classic: Paszek vs. Wickmayer, Davenport vs. Granville, Srebotnik vs. Rodionova
Early Results on Monday
Mondial Australian Women’s Hardcourts First Round
(4) Patty Schnyder (SUI) d. (Q) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-1 6-3
ASB Classic First Round
(6) Tamira Paszek (AUT) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 7-6(7) 6-1
Lindsay Davenport (USA) d. Laura Granville (USA) 6-2 6-3
