On the Baseline Tennis News

Patty Schnyder ousted former world number one Jelena Jankovic on Friday to reach the semifinals in Madrid.

As Kim Clijsters prepares to launch her tennis comeback this weekend at Wimbledon, she will be playing with a familiar racquet in hand.

Clijsters will compete under the new Centre Court roof at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club with the Babolat Pure Drive.

The French Tennis Federation has announced the list of women who will receive wild card entrance into the 2009 Roland Garros main draw.

The French Open begins on May 24 in Paris, France.

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One year ago yesterday, world number one Justine Henin surprised the tennis world by announcing her immediate retirement from the sport.

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Sports apparel company adidas has unveiled the outfits that current world number one Dinara Safina and defending champion Ana Ivanovic will wear next week at the French Open.

Safina is expected to wear a two-piece ensemble showcasing adidas’s FORMATION technology.

Seventh seed Victoria Azarenka exited the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open on Thursday after losing to Agnes Szavay in three sets.

Despite a flurry of players briefly holding No. 1 and the impending return of fellow Belgian Kim Clijsters, Henin is happy in retirement and has no plans of a comeback.

Top seeded Russian stars Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova were upset on Wednesday in Madrid.

There are a number of products out there to help keep the pain at bay but is playing with pain, even minimal, a bad idea?

Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova upset fifth seed Venus Williams in the second round of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open on Tuesday.

Kuznetsova just hired former top ranked doubles player and current Fed Cup coach Larisa Savchenko to help her during the clay court season.
– TennisReporters.net

Second seed Serena Williams retired in the first round of competition in Madrid with a right knee injury.

Venus Williams returned to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Top 3 on Monday for the first time since June 2003.

Maria Sharapova is expected to make her long-awaited return to tennis next week on clay in Poland.

Sharapova plans to play singles for the first time since last summer in Warsaw after being awarded a wild card entry into the Warsaw Open.