TENNIS in DEPTH.

From the very first serve there wasn’t any doubt as to who would win. Venus was on fire, and there was nothing Flavia Pennetta could do about it. She managed to win only 3 games as she went down 6-1, 6-2 to Venus. It was the first trip to Mexico for Venus, and I’m sure she will be back. Last week she won on the hard courts of Dubai, tonight she won on the red clay in Acapulco, and she rushes back to New York for Monday’s Showdown at Madison Square Garden where she will meet Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and her sister Serena, on indoor carpet.

If she continues to play her best tennis she could easily add 2 or 3 more Grand Slam titles to her already impressive resume. She is now the winningest woman on tour, and has never played any better.

In her own words….

I had my best match of the tournament at the right time. It was tough making the transition from hard to clay so fast, but I think I’ve managed to do it. I had a lot of struggles and learned a lot from my other matches this week before finally playing well. I actually started feeling great in the warm-up, and in the match I was serving well, which always helps. I think she played well too but today came down to who controlled the points, and I think I did that better. Flavia and I have played some good matches back in the day though, and she definitely deserved to win the ones she did. This one was so important to me. Matches like this, in the final of a tournament, are the most important to me.

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Novak Djokovic won his first title of the season Saturday, beating David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships.

The third-ranked Djokovic finished off Ferrer with an ace that was originally called out but was challenged by the Serb.

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Former world #4 Jelena Dokic is training at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy for the next week or so while she prepares for the rest of the season. Dokic made an incredible run to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open earlier this year and has always been a player with the talent to be top 10. In addition to the quarterfinal appearance she made at the 2009 Aussie Open, Dokic also reached the semis at Wimbledon 2000 and the quarters at Wimbledon in 1999 and the French Open in 2002.

She is in the beginning stages of a comeback and has already moved up from #178 in the world to #80. Don

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The pairings for the two semifinal matches of the inaugural

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Chew Orbit gum and help us collect the biggest number of smiles in the World

Jelena Jankovic has been chosen by Orbit to be its smile ambassador for the territory of Serbia. This is the first time ever that orbit has appointed a brand ambassador in Serbia and Jelena has been chosen for her beautiful and dazzling smile, which is as famous as her sports victories. This successful tennis player is the star of the latest TV commercial for Orbit chewing gum, which will hit TV stations in Serbia in March. The viewers will thusly be able to see Jelena Jankovic perform off-court and enjoy her shiny smile.
Jelena Jankovic has already confirmed her strong wish to help Orbit in its campaign which is aimed at gathering the biggest number of smile photos ever collected in the world. Her victorious spirit is just what it takes to bring this ambitious project to life. Orbit would thusly like to invite each and every individual from Serbia to join this winning race of collecting smiles. Jelena

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The ITF has been informed that, for security reasons, the local government in Malmo has advised the Swedish Tennis Association that the upcoming Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round tie between Sweden and Israel must be played behind closed doors.

ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti said:

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World No. 14 Ferrer, who reached a career-high No. 4 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings on February 25, 2008, is through to his first final on the ATP World Tour since June last year

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