I had a short telephone interview with former world No.1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport last week. The topic was the Tennis Night in America, the sport's largest youth recruitment effort, which culminated on March 1 when the best stars in tennis competed for the Billie Jean King Cup at the Madison Square Garden.

I know that many of you have eagerly been awaiting the interview, and here it is. My voice is not very clear, probably because I was calling from afar, but anyway, the focus is on Lindsay. I asked her about the main objective of Youth Registration events and Tennis Night in America, why she would suggest people to join, and about her opinion on the general state of women’s tennis in the US. Also, as promised, I asked Lindsay about the way players are selected for the BNP Paribas Showdown, as we are having a discussion here on Women's Tennis Blog whether the criterion is the player’s number of Grand Slam titles,  year-end No.1 ranking, popularity, or possibly something else.

Thank you, Lindsay, for taking your time to talk to me, Jim from KEF Media Associates, thank you for organizing the interview. I hope we'll have more opportunities like this one.

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Lindsay Davenport’s two-year-old son Jagger got a sister as the tennis star gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday June 27. Little Lauren Andrus Davenport Leach was born at 11:04 in Newport Beach, California.

The former world number one returned to competitive tennis only three months after the birth of Jagger, and her comeback was more than successful since she won three of the first four tournaments she entered.

Davanport hasn’t played competitive tennis since the 2008 US Open, and there is still no news whether the 33-year-old mother of two will revive her career again. (source: Reuters, photo: Getty Images)

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Just days after we learnt that Lindsay Davenport would compete at the 2009 Australian Open, the news comes out that the American is pregnant with second child, and is therefore setting her career aside.

"Of course this unexpected but exciting surprise now means I will be putting tennis on hold for the foreseeable future," Davenport said in a statement issued Wednesday by her agent.

Davenport has a son, Jagger, who was born in June 2007. The three-time Grand Slam singles champion and former world number one then returned to the tour and added another four titles to her resume. (source: ESPN, photo: Getty Images)

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Lindsay Davenport is on the entry list for the 2009 Australian Open which clearly means she’s delaying her hinted second retirement.

The 32-year-old American has not played a tournament since the US Open in September, but is entering the first Grand Slam next season.

The 2000 Australian Open champion has had a very lucrative comeback, winning four titles since returning in September 2007. (photo: Ralf Reinecke)

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Lindsay Davenport is thinking about a second retirement, and will soon make a decision about her future plans.

The 32-year-old American, who returned to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in 2007 after giving birth to son Jagger, will need to decide by December 1st whether she’ll play the 2009 tennis season.

"Nothing is in stone yet," Davenport said in comments published by The Maui News. The tennis star was in Maui last week participating in the Wailea Fantasy Camp.

"I really just tried to enjoy this fall, be a mom, be at home. This is actually my first time on the court in 10 weeks. When I get home from here I will have to sit down more seriously and look at what I want to do in the future. Right now, I am just going with it. For sure by December 1st – I need to be practicing by then if I am going to go to Australia and really compete, so I have a few more weeks." (via On the Baseline, photo: Ralf Reinecke)

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