Elena Dementieva is featured on the cover of December 2008 issue of Russian Marie Claire.

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A member of Tennis Forum gave a summary of one Danish article which, according to the member, says that Justine Henin will play tennis again, well, in an exhibition match only. The former world No.1's opponent will be Dane Caroline Wozniacki.

The tennis exhibition should take place next year in Odense, Denmark or Copenhagen, Denmark. No specific date has been set yet.

Why Henin and Wozniacki? Because they are both sponsored by adidas. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

You know Serena Williams opened a secondary school baring her name in a Matooni, Kenya.

Here’s the video of the opening ceremony. It’s precious! Look at everyone singing and dancing for Serena; and how they happily wave at her helicopter, so cute. I got the urge to open a school in Kenya.

Upon landing, though, Serena didn’t seem excited at all, she looked too concerned about her speech, or even frightened. Haha, her happiest moment was when she connected to the Internet.

There is a new 3D tennis game you might be interested in. It's called TouchSports Tennis '09 and it’s featuring women’s tennis players for its debut release. The game has been made for the iPhone and iPod touch.

Check out the preview video.

TouchSports Tennis '09 is available on the App Store.

I haven’t tried out the game, but if any of you play it, feel free to share your experience in the comments.

Russian Elena Dementieva beat American Serena Williams 6-4 6-4 at Pam Shriver PNC Tennis Classic, an exhibition event held in Baltimore.

The 23rd PNC Tennis Classic raised $150,000 for the Baltimore Community Foundation.

"We're here to have fun," the second-ranked Williams said before the match. "We're not going to take it Grand Slam final serious, but at the same time, we want to give the people a great show."

"Baltimore is not a tennis destination, so it's a great opportunity for people here to come and watch two great tennis players," the world No.4 Dememtieva said. "I'm proud to be a part of it." (source: Baltimore Sun)

Maria Sharapova has been doing so much modeling during her injury lay-off that I’m concerned she'll forget what her primary profession is. Just kiddin’, Masha, I know you’re having everything under control.

Besides her recent photo shoots for Hello!, Russian Vogue, and California Style, Sharapova posed for December 2008 issue of GQ magazine. Here’s a sneak peek of this latest photo shoot.

Concerning modeling, Ana Ivanovic is not letting Sharapova take big lead. The Serb posed for Beijing Weekly magazine, during September's China Open. Here are Ivanovic's photos.

Ana Ivanovic visited a match in her home Belgrade, an occasion in which famous Serbian player Savo Milosevic said goodbye to soccer.

Besides Ana Ivanovic, the soccer match at the Partizan Stadium was attended by Serbian president Boris Tadic, famous basketball and tennis players, actors, singers, and former teammates. (via Great Tennis Photos)

There have been speculations that France’s Tatiana Golovin might leave tennis because of her persistent back injury, but according to a fan site Tatiana is not losing hope.

In an e-mail Tatiana sent to www.golovin-attitude.com, she said:

"Unfortunately, I’m still suffering from my back, so I have to stop again, I can’t tell you more. It is pretty tough but I am ok and I am still optimistic."

Well, it doesn’t sound too good, but there still are chances of the 20-year-old's return.

In addition, they are stating at the site that Tatiana’s disease might be Ankylosing spondylitis, which is a chronic degenerative inflammatory arthritis. According to doctors, athletes who have this disease will have their careers filled with ups and downs.

At the website they are also saying that the disease can’t go away, but it can disappear for certain periods of time. (photo: golovin-tatiana.com)

These days Tatiana Golovin’s tennis career is threatened by her chronic back pain so, just in case, we’re hurrying up to add her childhood photos to our series of pictures of women’s tennis players when they were little.

The 20-year-old Tatiana hasn’t changed much, actually. OK, these two photos don’t seem to be too old anyway; they are apparently not from her early childhood. Have you maybe seen more young pics of the former world No.12 and two-time WTA singles titlist? (photos via Tennis Forum)

According to this French article, the continuation of Tatiana Golovin’s tennis career is seriously under question. Apparently, the 20-year-old has some blood disease which causes the chronic pain in her back.

What a disappointment. Golovin won her first WTA titles (Amelia Island and Portoroz) in 2007, and the following year we’re already discussing her retirement. Oh, too bad.

Another sad fact is that in February the French tennis player was ranked 12th, but has slipped to No. 249 by the end of the 2008 season.

Golovin played her possibly last competitive tennis match in the first round of Berlin back in May, when she fell to Dane Caroline Wozniacki.

We'll keep you updated on this story. (photo: golovin-tatiana.com)