On the Baseline Tennis News

The 2009 Australian Open final was over less than sixty minutes after it started.

Second seed Serena Williams raced past third seed Dinara Safina in straight sets to win her tenth career Grand Slam title and recapture the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour number one ranking.

Venus and Serena Williams won the 2009 Australian Open women’s doubles title on Friday, beating Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama in the final.

The 2009 Australian Open final will showcase two of the best players on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

The winner of Saturday night’s showdown between Serena Williams and Dinara Safina will take home the women’s title and the world number one ranking.

Ana Ivanovic has announced on her official website her provisional calendar for the remainder of the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis season.

She is next scheduled to compete at the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas tie between Serbia and Japan in February.

Serena Williams added another distinction to her brilliant resume on Thursday.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced today that by advancing to the singles and doubles finals of Australian Open, Williams has broken the female athlete career prize money record previously held by golfer Annika Sorenstam.

Second seed Serena Williams advanced to the 2009 Australian Open final on Thursday. She will play third seed Dinara Safina in Saturday’s championship match.

The championship match at the 2009 Australian Open is between Serena Williams and Dinara Safina.

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Serena Williams and Dinara Safina will battle on Saturday for the 2009 Australian Open title.

The winner will be crowned the women’s champion in Melbourne and the new world number one on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

Tennis Channel will welcome a new, yet familiar face to their broadcast team this summer.

Five-time US Open champion Jimmy Connors will be the lead analyst during the network’s upcoming telecast from Flushing Meadows in August, its inaugural coverage of America’s largest tennis tournament.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced today that the Warsaw Open has been upgraded to a Premier event status on the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour calendar.

Two new International level tournaments in Bad Gastein, Austria and Marbella, Spain have also been added to the 2009 schedule.

The remaining four women may not have any superpowers, but they can certainly play tennis.

Tania Tchea previews the Fantastic Four still competing in Melbourne and gives her picks for Thursday’s semifinal matches.

Top players Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova will compete for their respective nations during the opening round of Fed Cup in February.

Notably absent from the United States’ squad is Venus and Serena Williams.

Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva completed the 2009 Australian Open semifinal line-up on Wednesday in Melbourne.

The featured match for day eleven at the 2009 Australian Open is between Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva.

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Defending Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has officially entered the 2009 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.

The seven-time Grand Slam titlist and 2004 Family Circle Cup winner will join her sister Serena Williams and Vera Zvonareva at April’s Premier tournament.