The Women's Tennis Association, is also known as the WTA Tour, and is to women's tennis what the ATP is to men's tennis. In 2005 the WTA changed its name into The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

The Women's Tennis Association was begun in Houston, Texas when the inaugural Virginia Slims event was won on 23 September 1970. Billie Jean King was a major figure in the early days of the WTA.

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MOSCOW (AP) -- No Serena. No Venus. No Lindsay. And no spot in the Fed Cup final for the United States. Defending champion Russia advanced to its fourth Fed Cup final in five years, clinching its semifinal match when Vera Zvonareva rallied to defeat ...

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US loses to defending champ Russia in semifinal at Fed Cup - Associated Press

With six players from the former Soviet Union making the last 16 of this week's German Open in Berlin, it is fair to say tennis is alive and kicking in the former Eastern Block states. Glamour queen Anna Kournikova may have retired and world number ...

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Russians in Berlin - iafrica.com

In sports, not much happens with over 99 percent certainty -- not even the best NBA free-throw shooter comes close to that. But on clay, Rafael Nadal is the closest thing in the sporting world to a sure bet. Nadal's victory over Feliciano Lopez in ...

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by: Tom Perrotta, TENNIS.com - ESPN.com

With the second of back-to-back Masters Series events just under way, it's time for some of the game's elite to step out of the murky waters they've been entrenched in for some time and post results we've become accustomed to. For others, the Sony ...

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Time to put up or shut up in Miami - ESPN.com

Update : The baby was actually born on Tuesday, April 29th. His name has not been released yet, but he is 7 lbs, 9 oz and 21.3 inches long. Originally posted 11:30 am : Russian tennis player Anastasia Myskina , 26, is reported to have given birth ...

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