Federer has twin daughters, John McEnroe has three daughters, James Blake and Lindsay Davenport each have two, Steffi Graf, Jimmy Connors, Margaret Court, Evonne Goolagong, Justine Henin and Amelie Mauresmo each have one, and Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker are expecting a daughter.Īfter her routine win today over Greece’s Maria Sakkari, everyone wanted to know what Auntie “V” would have to say about Serena, whom she so adores, and her feelings on becoming an aunt. Kim Clijsters’ daughter Jada was two when she stole the show during the US Open awards ceremony after her mom won the title. She went into labor just as the Labor Day Weekend was beginning and Sharapova was poised to be in the US Open spotlight. She announced that she was pregnant on the same day that Sharapova announced her drug suspension. Observers quickly noted that Serena has a knack for timing. But as soon as she can step on the court, she will.” This has consequences on how much time she needs in recovery. “So when,” we asked, “will Serena be back on court?” He replied, “It’s difficult to say because I don’t know how it went. But as soon as the motivation is there, she can move mountains.”

She’s going to start very slow, because having a baby, for the body, is something big.

I’m so happy for her.”Īs for its impact on Serena on court, Mouratoglou said, “I don’t know if it’s going to help her as a tennis player, but what I can say is that she can’t wait to get back. It’s one of the most incredible things that we experience in life. Mouratoglou then told Inside Tennis, ”It’s not only about having daughters. I have 3 daughters & each time it is the same incredible journey…I wish you a speedy recovery…we have a lot of work ahead of us.” Her well respected coach Patrick Mouratoglou tweeted, “I am so happy for you and I feel your emotion. The USTA made a snazzy congratulations video, and the Twittersphere went nuts. Bethanie Mattek-Sands soon was demanding pictures. Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl in West Palm Beach Florida. Two months later, here at the Open, skies are blue. It was gut-wrenching – one felt her pain. In a press conference she fell into a deep sorrow. A car accident she was involved in led to the death of a 78-year old man. At Wimbledon, Venus Williams, the grande dame of tennis, seemed crushed. Safin neither won nor lost Tuesday, though: The match was suspended by rain in the third set.Life can kick you in the butt, but then it tends to pick you up again. Safin might have told his sibling he's ready to walk away from tennis, but there he was at Roland Garros, playing a first-round match against Jean-Rene Lisnard. I have one brother who also says sometimes that he wants to retire because he says that he has enough of it. 'I hope that she just stays happy with this decision and she just goes forward in her life, what she's planning to do,' Safina said. Safina, the younger sister of two-time major champion Marat Safin, was the last woman to play - and to beat - Henin, doing that at the German Open. So I thank her for that.'Īlso moving on to the second round with victories Tuesday: No. 'She said, 'Come on, maybe it can be your year.' Yeah, she cheered me up, so it's good. 'I had a short chat with her,' Kuznetsova recounted. Henin said on the eve of the tournament that she'd like to see Kuznetsova win and even gave her friend a pep talk to that effect. Her departure makes for a wide-open women's field in Paris. Open by Justine Henin, who won seven Grand Slam titles before abruptly retiring this month at age 25. And thinking about this, I realized I lost first game.' She was beaten in the finals of the 2006 French Open and 2007 U.S. 'I was starting to imagine it was raining a little bit, and I was, like, 'Oh, I hope we can play.'. Open champion and twice a Grand Slam runner-up. Kuznetsova, however, had more than enough time to dispatch 71st-ranked Aiko Nakamura 6-2, 6-3. Five other matches that began Monday didn't even pick up again Tuesday. That includes John Isner of the United States against Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina in an encounter that's tied at 1 in the fifth set. 13 Juan Monaco.įive matches that were suspended in progress Monday and resumed Tuesday still weren't finished they were supposed to continue Wednesday. 31 Andreas Seppi, while Soderling defeated No. 'Most important is to remain calm, not to stress yourself uselessly, and to be patient.'Īncic - the last man to beat Federer at Wimbledon, all the way back in 2002 - eliminated No. 'It's never easy, a whole day of rain,' said Wawrinka, who defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

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