Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams are not the only ones to visit fashion shows. Apparently, Justine Henin, too, became interested in such events as she was seen sitting in the front row at Milan Fashion Week.
Justine attended the Giorgio Armani Spring 2008 ready-to-wear show and looked as good as in Le Soir magazine. (via Tennis Served Fresh)
Top seed Venus Williams overcame a string of double faults to beat fourth seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 and win the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships on Sunday.
Williams reached the final without losing a set, but she had to work to improve to 3-0 in her career against Kirilenko.
The Wimbledon champion finished with 11 double-faults for the match. After taking the first set, she had five double-faults and was broken three times in the second set. However, she broke Kirilenko in the seventh game of the third set, before going on to claim the title. (source: BBC)
Ana Ivanovic became the fourth player to qualify for the Sony Ericsson Championships, joining Justine Henin, Jelena Jankovic, and Svetlana Kuznetsova. Ivanovic qualified for the season-ending event on Friday, after a 6-1 6-2 victory over Tatiana Golovin in Luxembourg. The win provided the Serb with enough points to enter the prestigious tournament in Madrid, Spain, which will be held November 6-11. Eight singles players will be eligible to compete (so, there are four more slots to be filled), in addition to four doubles teams. (via The Ana Ivanovic website)
In a latest doodle at her website, Maria Sharapova wrote about what has been going on in her life lately, and she said some interesting things. I’ve singled out Sharapova’s talk about her best on-court moment this year, her friendship with US Open finalist Novak Djokovic, and the latest information about her lingering shoulder injury.
Maria Sharapova had a wonderful time at the Fed Cup final in Moscow, when the Russian team won the title. Sharapova has never played for Russia, and many people said that she has been avoiding playing the Fed Cup. However, the world number four attended the final (probably to silence the critics!) and watched from the bench. Read more »
World No.6 Ana Ivanovic and world No.20 Agnes Szavay are scheduled to play an exhibition match in Hungary on December 10. The match will be the best of three sets, with a first-to-10 Super Tiebreak replacing a traditional third set.
Hungarian teenager Szavay, who works with Ivanovic's former coach Zoltan Kuharsky, won the China Open last week and cracked the top 20 on Monday.
The clash of these two players promises a highly entertaining match. (via The Ana Ivanovic website)
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