Sports For Women

Anna Myskina has won 10 WTA tour singles titles in her career. In 2004 she won the French Open, her first grand slam title. To reach the final she defeated former world number ones Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati. She led the Russian team to its first Fed Cup title in a dramatic final against France in the same year, winning all three points for her country (she teamed with Vera Zvonareva in the doubles rubber).

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Annika Sorenstam has had 72 reasons to pump her fist in winning celebration during her 15-year LPGA Tour career. On that muggy Friday afternoon at Colonial Country Club in 2003, the woman had her two young daughters in tow, and she was rushing to get ...

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Arguably all-time finest women's golfer leaving tour after '08 - San Diego Union-Tribune

Within 24 hours, two of world sport's leading women announced their retirements this week, and what made it all the more surprising was that the announcements came with both Annika Sorenstam and Justine Henin in the prime of their careers. Both cited ...

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Prime time for Henin and Sorenstam to retire - International Herald Tribune

I'm guessing you were shocked when you heard the news. I'm also guessing, if you work in the U.S., you were mostly alone in your shock. Justine Henin is a star to tennis fans, but not quite a watercooler-worthy topic here. The opposite was true for ...

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Henin simply irreplaceable - ESPN.com

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Justine Henin , the top-ranked women's tennis player, said she's quitting the sport immediately at age 25 to make ``a new start'' in life. ``It's a relief, a new page is opening up,'' Henin told reporters during a press ...

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Top-Ranked Justine Henin Retires From Playing Tennis (Update3) - Bloomberg

Justine Henin, left, sits next to her coach, Carlos Rodriguez, as she addresses the media at a tennis club in Limelette, Belgium, where she announced her retirement. The world's top-ranked women's tennis player insists her retirement is not a ...

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