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World No.4 Ana Ivanovic spent 10 days in London preparing for the 2008 season and some critics of the Britain's Lawn Tennis Association said that the £40 million ($92.8m) spent on the state-of-the-art National Tennis Centre at Roehampton wasn't intended to help Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in her preparation.

However, Carl Maes, the LTA's head of women's tennis, believes that the presence of one of the world's leading players could only be a motivational and educational factor for British players.

"We can only gain from having somebody like Ana around," said Maes. Read more »

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Here’s a sneak peak of the new outfit Serena Williams will wear when she launches defense of her Australian Open title in Melbourne next month. Serena will be wearing white and purple — a white Nike dress with purple accents over purple lycra biker shorts.

“I just think I represent all females out there who believe in themselves,” Williams said.

(via Tennis Week Blog found through Women Who Serve)

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Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams have reorganized their schedules and decided to skip the Medibank International in Sydney.

The two former world number ones will instead prepare for the 2008 Australian Open at the J B GROUP Classic exhibition in Hong Kong which will take place from January 2-5. Apart from Sharapova and Williams, the exhibition in Hong Kong will include Daniela Hantuchova, Elena Dementieva, Ana Ivanovic, Anna Chakvetadze, Peng Shuai, and Caroline Wozniacki.

However, world’s top-ranked player Justine Henin will participate in the Sydney's tournament as the leader of the women’s draw.

The 2008 Medibank International will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre from January 6-12.

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Sorry Martina, I know you're not pleased with the way you ended your career, but I can't help laughing at this cartoon. I came across it at WTA World forum yesterday, and was thinking for some time whether or not to include it in my blog. I read comments on the forum, and some people found it extremely funny, some people didn't understand it, some thought it was mean, and some it was "soooooooo four weeks ago". I think the cartoon is really funny (hm, if I were in Martina's shoes, maybe I would have thought differently).

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