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WTA

SINGLES

Round 1

Serena Williams, USA vs. BYE

Venus Williams, USA vs. BYE


Round 2

Serena Williams, USA defeated (WC) Alexa Glatch, USA
6-2, 6-3

Venus Williams, USA defeated Shahar Peer, ISR
6-3, 6-3


Round 3

Serena Williams, USA defeated Shuai Peng, CHN
7-5, 6-2

Venus Williams, USA defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld, GER
7-5, 6-3


Round 4

Serena Williams, USA defeated Jie Zheng, CHN
7-5, 5-7, 6-3

Venus Williams, USA defeated Agnieska Radwanska, POL
4-6, 6-1, 6-4


Quarterfinal Round

Serena Williams, USA defeated Na Li, CHN
4-6, 7-6(1), 6-2

Venus Williams defeated Iveta Benesova, CZE
6-1, 6-4


Semifinal Round

Serena Williams, USA defeated Venus Williams, USA
6-4, 3-6, 6-3


Championship Round

Serena Williams, USA defeated by Victoria Azarenka, BEL
3-6, 1-6



DOUBLES

Round 1

Sloane Stephens, USA and Christina McHale, USA
defeated by
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, USA and Nadia Petrova, RUS
2-6, 6-2, [10/2]

Raquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
defeated
Klaudia Jans, POL and Alicja Rosolska, POL
6-4, 6-4


Round 2

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, USA
defeated
Alona Bondarenko, UKR and Kateryna Bondarenko, UKR
6-4, 6-4


Quarterfinal Round

Racquel Kops-Jones, USA and Abigail Spears, USA
defeated by
Kveta Peschke, CZE and Lisa Raymond, USA
6-3, 6-2



ATP

SINGLES

Round 1

Gael Monfils, FRA vs. BYE

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA vs. BYE

James Blake, USA vs. BYE


Round 2

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Michael Russell
6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA defeated Agustin Calleri, ARG
6-1, 6-1

James Blake, USA defeated Julien Benneteau, FRA
6-4, 6-4


Round 3

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated Marat Safin, RUS
5-7, 7-5, 7-6(3)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA defeated Robert Kendrick, USA
7-5, 6-4

James Blake, USA defeated by Tomas Berdych, CZE
4-6, 7-6(3), 3-6


Round 4

Gael Monfils, FRA defeated by Andy Roddick, USA
6-7(2), 4-6

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA defeated Gilles Simon, FRA
6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2


Quarterfinal Round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, FRA defeated by Novak Djokovic, SER
3-6, 4-6

In a move that will reverberate in both college athletics and professional tennis, the Pacific 10 Conference announced on Tuesday that Larry Scott, the chief executive and chairman of the Women’s Tennis Association, would become its new commissioner.

On July 1, Scott will replace Tom Hansen, who announced his retirement last year after a 26-year run in the job. Scott said it was difficult to leave the W.T.A., where he worked for equality in pay for women’s players, record sponsorship deals and an increase in worldwide television exposure.

Scott acknowledges that’s he’s not a traditional candidate, coming from outside college sports, but said his experience with both the W.T.A. and the men’s tour before that have prepared him for the job.

“They were looking for a different kind of leader from, let’s say, other conferences typical in this position,” Scott said in a telephone interview on Tuesday. “They see this as a turning point for the Pac-10 and are looking for a new approach to promoting and branding the conferences as well as television and sponsorships.”

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MIAMI - MARCH 23: American Venus Williams and Andy Murray of Great Britain play a game of traffic tennis on Ocean Drive prior to the Sony Ericsson Open on March 23, 2009 in Miami, Florida.

SINGLES

Round 1

Alexandra Stevenson defeated by Soledad Esperon, ARG
4-6, 3-6

ATP SINGLES - QUALIFYING

Round 1

Donald Young, USA defeated by Robert Kendrick, USA
2-6, 4-6

If this equipment is half the fun that it appears to be with Regina King using it, I'm down!

This Spring Reebok is partnering up with Cirque du Soleil to introduce a fun and exciting new gym workout called Jukari Fit to Fly in select venues across the world.

Jukari is a Cirque-inspired full-body workout that includes a giant swing called a Flyset to incorporate cardio, strength, balance and core training all together in one group workout session.

Hey, I use every other rowing, elliptical, cycling (hate it), treadmill machine at the gym, time to get off the floor.

On Wednesday in the doubles quarterfinal round of the BNP Paribas Open, Americans Mashona Washington and Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost their quest for the doubles title.

The American ladies had all kinds of trouble holding serve, thus allowing the Spaniards break after break. Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez severely ousted the Americans 6-1, 6-2.

INDIAN WELLS, California (AFP) — The WTA Tour is weathering the global economic downturn, but chief executive Larry Scott said the women's tennis tour can't afford to be complacent as fans and sponsors feel the pinch.

"The message I'm sending to players is we have to work harder," Scott said, saying it was more important than ever for popular stars such as Serena and Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova - as well as the tour's lesser lights - to go the extra mile to publicize the game and make sure sponsors get value for money.

Scott said his task was to "sensitize" players, who may be unaware of just how tough financial times might impact them.

"I don't assume players have a full grasp of what's happening in the economy," Scott said. "I'm going to be asking them to work harder than they've ever worked before."

That said, Scott said the tour to date was in good shape. But the WTA is planning to survey its tournaments asking them to report on their finances in recent years and expectations for 2010 in an effort to spot and head off any potential problems.

But Scott insisted the tour "is in the healthiest financial position it has ever been in," noting that total prize money in 2009 is up 23 percent and adding that he was not aware of any tournament that had lost a title sponsor.

He noted that the tournament in progress at Indian Wells has the backing of a new title sponsor this year in BNP Paribas.

In addition, tour sponsor Sony Ericsson is on board through 2010. That means the WTA tour doesn't envision having to make the kind of move recently announced by the ATP World Tour, which is rebating three million dollars in fees to its 63 tournaments.

The rebate is the men's tour's answer to a request from tournaments that wanted a reduction in prize money.

"Times are tough, everybody knows that," the ATP's chief operating officer Flip Galloway said in a statement. "The ATP is trying to give its tournaments some financial relief to help them through the current difficult times."

Scott admitted that the current economic climate certainly wouldn't foster expansion.

"I'm not expecting to see any tournament that's growing," he said, noting that even if attendance levels remain relatively even, people will likely spend less while on the grounds and income from smaller sponsors will likely dwindle.

"We're going into uncharted waters in terms of the economy," Scott said. "If we continue to hold our own I'll be satisfied."