Iveta Benesova and Jurgen Melzer got married today!

Jurgen Melzer has never been a stranger to dating fellow tennis players, most notably Dominika Cibulkova, but the girl that he tied the knot with is Iveta Benesova.

The wedding picture was shared by Michaella Krajicek on Twitter, and according to her hashtag "Laxenburg", we can conclude that the wedding took place in Laxenburg, Austria. It is near Vienna, Melzer's birthplace. Read more »

Justine Henin expecting a baby with Benoit Bertuzzo

Retired seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin announced on her Facebook page that she and her partner Benoit Bertuzzo are about to become parents in the spring of 2013.

Benoit and me have beautiful news to announce… Yes, soon we will be three. Our small piece will arrive in March. We are super happy!

The relationship of Justine and Benoit hasn't been publicized much. According to 7sur7.be, they met in February 2011 via mutual friends. Benoit is in his forties. He's a director and cameraman, from Namur, Belgium.

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It will be the 30-year-old Justine's first child. There still are no news about the couple's engagement or marriage. The tennis star has one failed marriage behind her, though. In 2002, she wed Pierre-Yves Hardenne and became Justine Henin-Hardenne, but five years later they divorced.

Henin first retired in 2008, due to physical and mental exhaustion and in order to try to redefine herself outside of the tennis world, then she returned in 2010 and quit the sport for the second time early last year, due to a right elbow injury. (photo: Family of Sport)

US Open women's fashion celebrates Kim Clijsters and the color of yellow, semifinalists all in Nike

Grand Slam are always the most exciting venues for tennis glamour and the US Open is the unofficial fashion queen of all the four majors, so let's see what the best brands put on their brightest WTA stars.

Let's start this fashion overview with maybe not the biggest fashion star, but definitely the player who marked this US Open – Kim Clijsters, whose inspiring career has come to a close at her favorite tournament where she had lifted the trophy three times. To honor the Belgian's last event, her clothing sponsor Fila produced a special collection with a symbolic star pattern.

Ana Ivanovic (who reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since her title win at Roland Garros 2008), Angelique Kerber (last year's semifinalist) and Laura Robson (besides Clijsters, the biggest story of the tournament) were all sporting Adidas Adizero. The bright yellow Adidas outfits may have ruled the US Open courts, and the three players mentioned here all played the fourth round, but the next brand we'll cover is clothing all the four semifinalists!

Of course, it's Nike! Champion Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova traditionally have both day and night dresses. Serena wore navy and pink with lime details, while Sharapova went for more subtle tones – liquid pink and solid dark without many loud contrasts.

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Victoria Azarenka and Sara Errani prefer separates. The world No.1 is popping in a yellow and black combination, while the Italian, sharing the look with Julia Goerges, wore a pleated navy skirt with pink and yellow stripes and a tank. Read more »

World No.1 Azarenka waves goodbye to near victory, Serena wins fourth US Open title

Serena Williams was just seventeen when she won her first Grand Slam, at the very stage of the US Open, and now as a 30-year-old she's triumphant yet again, defeating world No.1 Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the final and winning her 15th Grand Slam singles title and her fourth at the US Open.

In the beginning it looked like Azarenka would end up just like all the other Serena's opponents, crushed, but in the second set the Belarusian put all her assets on display, taking the match to the thrilling third set, in which she earned an early lead and later even served for the match, but it's not over til it's over, especially when Serena is on the other side.

En route to her 60th career final, Williams lost just 19 games and spent an average of just one hour and eight minutes on court per match, and after the first set against Azarenka, it seemed that the numbers wouldn't build up much after the final either. Serena opened with a dominant 6-2 first set, closing it out by breaking Azarenka's serve to love, while Azarenka barely won more than one point in Serena's service games.

The situation changed completely in the second set, though. Azarenka lifted her game, Serena's forehand went off, and the Belarusian saw herself leading 5-1 and quickly winning the second set, mirroring the first-set scoreline, 6-2. Now the things got complicated, especially as we knew Azarenka's 12-0 record in three-set matches this season. Read more »

Serena Williams vs. Victoria Azarenka – US Open final preview

Our guest blogger Omair was correct in his US Open semifinal predictions. He said that Victoria Azarenka would have the edge over Maria Sharapova and take her out in three sets, and that's exactly what happened in the intense match that absolutely lived up to the expectations, while Serena Williams cruised past Sara Errani in the other semifinal, as fearfully predicted. Let's see what Omair is saying about the upcoming championships match between Serena and Vika.

A great showdown of two Grand Slam champions, one the winner of the first Grand Slam of the season (Australian Open), the other the winner of the last Grand Slam concluded (Wimbledon), a reigning world No.1 and a deemed world No.1. This will be a rematch of the pair's last year's US Open third-round encounter, whose second set was one of the best tennis sets ever.

The pair has already met ten times, with Azarenka managing to win just one of those ten encounters, and winning just one set in the nine encounters she lost. This will be their fourth meeting this year and Serena has won all the previous three in straight sets (however, none of the three were played on hardcourts).

Let's see the average stats of Serena and Vika in their last five US Open matches leading up to the final:

Azarenka has lost two sets this fortnight, while Williams is yet to lose more than four games in a set. Azarenka has shown the firepower and she tends to push Serena hard, but the match can come down to serve and return, and our stats show that Serena has been better than Vika in both. Read more »


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