Anastasia Myskina gave birth to son Zhenya on Monday evening in Moscow (date: April 28). The identity of the father is still a secret. Myskina refuses to reveal it, although he is believed to be her former boyfriend, Russian hockey player Constantine Korneyev. Reports indicate he is currently with the Russian national team in Quebec City, where the World Hockey Championships are being held.

Myskina has been out of action on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for almost a year now, and she has not made any announcements on whether or not she will return to the Tour. The Muscovite, who turns 27 this summer, has 10 career Tour singles titles. She was the first Russian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title at the French Open in 2004. Her highest singles ranking was No.2. (via Tennis.com)

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Wimbledon has announced that the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions will each receive £750,000 ($1.48 million), an increase of 7.1% over 2007 (£700,000).

The total prize money will increase by 4.7% to £11,812,000 from £11,282,710 in 2007, while prize money for each of the Men’s and the Ladies’ Doubles events will exceed £1 million for the first time.

Still, the winners of this year's French Open singles will get the most of any Grand Slam, 1 million euros each ($1.56 million). Roger Federer and Justine Henin won $1.4 million each by taking the singles titles at last year's US Open. The US Open purse for this year hasn't been announced. This year's Australian Open champions, Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova, each won A$1.37 million ($1.28 million).

Reminder: Last year marked the first time women and men earned equal prize money at Wimbledon. (via Bloomberg)

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Former world No.4 Jelena Dokic, now unranked after missing two years with injuries, on Tuesday made her first WTA Tour main draw appearance since January and lost in straight sets in the first round.

Dokic had to go through qualifying to reach the main draw of the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, but she didn’t go further than the first round when she lost 6-4 6-2 to Hungary’s Greta Arn. Dokic had won both her previous meetings with Arn, the last six years ago. On Tuesday, she double-faulted 11 times and converted only one of four break chances.

Before this Tier IV event, Dokic played only once this year in the main draw of a WTA tournament, when she qualified at Hobart, Australia (her first main draw in two years).

Dokic has won five WTA Tour titles in her career, and was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2000. (via SI.com, photo via miccah)

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Most successful Serbian tennis players, including women’s tennis stars Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, have been featured on the stamps specially created for the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. However, there was a misunderstanding in the process. Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic were protesting because not all the stamps have the same value, and that was why they didn't attend the promotion of the stamps. Janko Tipsarevic's stamp is worth 20 dinars, Jelena Jankovic's and Nenad Zimonjic's 30 dinars, Ana Ivanovic's 40 dinars, and Novak Djokovic's 46 dinars. Haha, who cares about the value of the stamps? Read more »

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Serena Williams helped to unveil Nike's 2008 Women's Fall Line in Venice, California. The presentation included a full range of sports apparel including track suits, t-shirts, tank tops, shorts, gym bags, sneakers, and accessories.

Additional info: Serena is said to have a $55 million dollar deal with Nike. Read more »

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