In 2008, the winner of the most prestigious event on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will receive a record $1,485,000, the largest single guaranteed payout in women’s tennis today. The total tournament prize money will be incredible $4.45 million. All this means that women will earn as much money as men in their season-ending Championships, which is the Tennis Masters Cup.

This year in November the eight-woman event will take place in Madrid, after which it moves to Doha where it will be held from 2008 to 2010, while Istanbul will be the host from 2011 to 2013.

To see players’ rankings in the race to the Sony Ericsson Championships click here. (source: The Ana Ivanovic website)

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Enrique Iglesias, the boyfriend of Anna Kournikova, was interviewed by SI writer Richard Deitsch and I’ve singled out some parts of the interview. Note that my comments are in italics.

SI: Is there a sport you can beat Anna at?

Iglesias: Anything except tennis and wrestling. Her reflexes are disturbingly good. You throw anything at her, and she catches it.

I didn’t know Anna is so good at wrestling, lucky her! Read more »

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Some time ago, thinking it would be interesting to make a post that would consist of photos of female tennis players when they were kids, I started searching the Internet. Unfortunately, the only childhood photos I found were ones of Ana Ivanovic, so I gave up the idea. Now, completely unexpectedly, browsing the website of newly-wed and mother-to-be Kim Clijsters, I've come across some of her first photos with a tennis racket. Isn't she cute? Read more »

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Justine Henin is now on a vacation and due to wrist injury won’t play at the Acura Classic in San Diego, which starts on July 30. Fresh-looking world No. 1 will return to court no sooner than August 5, and if everything goes well, the tournament she’ll compete in before the US Open will be the Rogers Cup in Toronto, starting August 13. (via Justine Henin’s website)

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What a makeover! Justine has never been my favorite considering the looks, but she definitely found the right track, i.e. the makeup artist and stylist found it for her. Here are the photos of her posing for next week’s issue of Le Soir.

I hope she’ll continue to look this good. (via Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog)

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