Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Some of the biggest names in tennis, like Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic, are competing this week in The LA Women's Tennis Championships presented by Herbalife, taking place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. It's all part of the WTA Tour and has an impressive $700,000 purse. In this FanHouse Exclusive we talk to the No. 1 player in the world, Safina, about her ranking. We also find out from Ivanovic whether or not she enjoys all the attention she gets because of her stunning looks.
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8-06-2009 @ 1:31PM
samwise246 said...
how refreshing, only one small mention of the williams sisters. Bout time people realize, tennis does not begin and end with them.
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8-07-2009 @ 5:26PM
jzz3skys said...
Apparently seven of the eight top-ranked women's tennis players are skipping LA, so Dinara Safina's strongest competition will probably come from the players ranked 7-15 plus the "Ovas," Daniela Hantuchova (26) and Maria Sharapova (61).
Players skipping LA include:
Serena (2) and Venus (3) Williams
Elena Dementieva (4)
Jelena Jankovich (5)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (6)
Most of these players (along with virtually all the top male tennis stars) are scheduled to compete in the 111-year old Cincinnati tournament which starts on Saturday. The LA tournament wraps up on Sunday, with the semifinal scheduled for Saturday, so I assume that some kind of first-round exceptions will apply to any LA semifinalists and finalists who are also appearing at Cincinnati (quite a few players are competing in both).
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