Venus Williams sailed into the semi final round of the Sony Ericsson Championship in Doha with a convincing win over Serena 5-7, 6-1, 6-0, to remain unbeaten. She has a record of 3-0, and Serena must beat Elena Dementieva on Friday to qualify for the semi finals with a 2-1 match record. On the other [...]

The best eight women tennis players are in Dohar competing for the Sony Ericsson season ending championship, and a share of the $4.45 million prize money. The eight are split into two groups of four players each, referred to as the White and Maroon groups. I wonder why Maroon was chosen? The white group consists [...]

Tennis is like a geography lesson to me. If someone said I had to make a trip to Dohar, I would have no idea where it was, or what country it was in. But because the Sony Ericsson year ending WTA Championships are being held there, I looked at a map and discovered Qatar, and [...]

For a family to produce a single world class athlete is a rarity, but for a family to produce two is against all the odds. But it happened to the parents of Marat Safin and Dinard Safina. A Brother and Sister combination from Russian that has added controversy to the tennis scene. Marat the elder [...]