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Two Stars and a Rivalry Reborn: Serena Williams Wins Australian Open
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsMELBOURNE, Australia -- This was big for Serena Williams. For rebuilding her image. For re-establishing her credibility. For reconfirming her legacy.For reminding us about her greatness. What could have gone down as a second-straight embarrassment for Williams, instead served to say this:Serena Williams is back.She beat her rival, Justine Henin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to win the Australian Open Saturday. It was her 12th major title, tying Billie Jean King for sixth most all-time."We both were out there trying to kind of prove something,'' Williams said. "I think we both did.''Gracious to the end. This ...
Venus Williams Secures Quarters Matchup Against Li Na
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Venus Williams advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the seventh time to set up a meeting with China's Li Na, who has never made it this far at the tournament.The sixth-seeded Williams beat Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 on Monday, recovering after dropping a set to the Italian for the first time since 2003.Li upset No. 4-seed Caroline Wozniacki, the U.S. Open finalist, 6-3, 6-2 in a 98-minute match featuring 12 service breaks. Li held when it counted, saving three break points in an 11-minute opening game.Along with 2008 Wimbledon semifinalist Zheng ...
New Guard Will Wait for Roger Federer, Serena Williams
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe end of the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal era has been proclaimed everywhere from Andre Agassi, now theoretically clear-headed, to John McEnroe, still stuck in the 1980s. Analysts, experts insist that Group Next is here. And it is true that more players than ever are ready to win a major. But looking at the draw for the Australian Open, which starts Sunday night (ET), I have to wonder if Group Next really knows how big of a step this last one to the mountaintop really is.So this prediction seems like a no-brainer to me, but I haven't seen anyone else making it anywhere: Federer and Nadal will ...
Bird Brains Compete for 'Turkey of the Year'
By Buck Wolf - AOL NewsJust how did the turkey -- a bird native to North America -- become synonymous with thoughtless, annoying people, so often overstuffed with jive? Let's face it, some of our nominees for 2009 Turkey of the Year wouldn't be welcome at any Thanksgiving dinner. So, with no further ado, let's look at some of the year's most fowl personalities. AP Roguishly Raw: That ring you hear when your 15 minutes of fame are up must be a call from someone asking you to pose nude. Levi Johnston's offer came from Playgirl, and he promised the pictorial would be "tasteful." We now know that Johnston's ...
ITF Let Golden Star Serena Off Hook
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe International Tennis Federation has completed its two-month "investigation'' into Serena Williams' f-bomb-laced, threatening tirade toward a line judge on worldwide TV at the U.S. Open. Her "punishment'' should come Monday or Tuesday.I would give just about anything to see the notes from this "investigation.'' The quote-marks show that this was just a theoretical thing, anyway. As in, it took two months to find "justice.''This whole thing has been a sham. Will Williams be suspended from the next major, the Australian Open in January?"I don't think [an Australian Open ban] would make much ...
WADA Crock: Making Wickmayer Pay for Agassi's Sin
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsThe head of the World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledged that it's too late to punish Andre Agassi for his failed drug test from 1997, darned statute of limitations. But WADA said it still wants some punishment, anyway. Maybe for Agassi's lies to doping officials, which he admits in his book? Maybe for perjury?Doubtful. But I knew tennis would get its pound of flesh, anyway, as Agassi has embarrassed the sport's governing bodies. What I didn't know was how fast they would get that flesh.Or that they would take it from Yanina Wickmayer.She was banned Thursday for a year for a doping offense. It ...
On Obama White House Visitor Log: Lobbyists, Movie Stars and Bailed Out CEOs
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyThe White House released a visitor's log late Friday that revealed many of DC's biggest Democratic lobbyists have made frequent visits, despite President Obama's stringent new lobbying rules. The record of visitors also looks like a red carpet list of celebrities and Hollywood movie stars. And CEOs of all those Wall Street banks the government bailed out earlier this year came calling frequently, too. Many of the Democratic lobbyists who frequented the White House this year are also among the highest earning lobbying firms in 2009, including power player Steve Elmendorf of Elmendorf Strategies ...
WTA Finals Will Be All-Williams Affair
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsDOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The Williams sisters will end their season with another title matchup.Venus Williams defeated Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 Saturday in one semifinal at the Sony Ericsson Championships. Serena Williams won the other when Caroline Wozniacki quit because of an abdominal injury while trailing 6-4, 0-1.Serena, who secured the year-end No. 1 ranking this week, is returning to the final of the WTA Tour's season-ending championships for the first time since 2004. She was knocked out in the group stage the last two years, but was the only player to go undefeated through the ...
Was the Fix in on Wozniacki's 'Injury'?
By Greg Couch - AOL NewsIn a sport that has had a serious gambling scandal involving suspicions of match-fixing, how are we supposed to take Caroline Wozniacki's match the other day?I'm starting to wonder exactly how many tennis matches aren't really on the up-and-up. Wozniacki, who reached the U.S. Open final, led Anne Kremer 7-5, 5-0 Tuesday at the Luxembourg Open.And that's when Wozniacki chose to retire from the match with an injury. No broken bones. No fall. She had won seven straight games and was four points from winning."The injury suddenly happened," she said.No way.The WTA tour needs to investigate, and no ...
Serena Loses, Nadal Tops Blake to Advance to Quarters
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsBEIJING (AP) -- Serena Williams was knocked out of the China Open on Thursday, losing to Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) only days before regaining the No. 1 ranking.Williams, who will take over the top spot in the rankings from Dinara Safina on Monday, looked sluggish in the first set before recovering in the second. Neither player was able to earn a break in the third set."I don't feel like I ever got into high gear," Williams said. "I ran into a girl today who has never played so good in her life."Petrova, who finished with 14 aces, said her strong serve was the key.Petrova will ...
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