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Belarusian tennis player who the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open titles, the main Belarusian to win a singles Grand Slam. She won bronze at the 2012 Olympics.

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She was motivated growing up by Steffi Graf. She made her expert presentation in 2003.

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Argentine tennis player who has won numerous ITF singles titles amid her profession. She is well known for her capacity to beat world #1 resembles Victoria Azarenka, who she vanquished at the 2014 Aegon International.

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She started accepting thorough tennis preparing from her dad when she was five years of age.

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Serena Williams wins 1st match in return to tour at Indian Wells

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Serena Williams wins 1st match in return to tour at Indian Wells

Serena Williams has won her first match in her comeback at the BNP Paribas Open after a 14-month layoff for the birth of her first child.

The 23-time major winner beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 7-5, 6-3 in the first round Thursday night.

“It was incredible,” Williams said on court after the 1 1/2-hour match. “It’s been over a year and a kid later and I get to go home to her now, and I’m excited about that.”

With new husband and Reddit co-found Alexis Ohanian looking on, Williams played from behind until breaking Diyas in the 11th game of the first set. Diyas netted a forehand and Williams yelled, “Come on!” as the crowd cheered.

Williams served a love game capped by a 100-mph ace in her first service game. She had break points in the first and fifth games but couldn’t convert. She started hitting harder and her familiar grunting returned when she tied the set 5-all.

Diyas and Williams traded service breaks early in the second set. Williams then broke her opponent again en route to winning the final five games. She smiled as she walked to the net, and her family gave her a standing ovation.

“It definitely wasn’t easy,” Williams said on court. “We always have a couple tight sets. It was good. I’m a little rusty, but it doesn’t matter. I’m just out here on this journey and doing the best I can.”

Family watches on

Also in Williams’ box were her mother Oracene, sisters Lyndrea and Isha, her agent, and her coach Patrick Mouratoglou. Older sister Venus watched from a balcony seat in an upper-level box on a 68-degree night in the Southern California desert.

Williams has been away since winning the 2017 Australian Open early in her pregnancy. She gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. six months ago.

Ohanian bought four billboards along Interstate 10 outside Palm Springs in tribute to his wife. The fourth billboard shows a photo of Williams and their daughter with the phrase “G.M.O.A.T” — greatest mother of all time — and is signed by Alexis Sr. and Jr.

Williams’ only competitive appearances since the birth came in December at an exhibition in Abu Dhabi, a Fed Cup doubles match with sister Venus last month and an exhibition in New York on Monday.

She is playing at Indian Wells under a protected ranking of 22nd. Williams hasn’t been unseeded at a tournament since 2011 in Cincinnati.

It was pointed out to Williams that it was International Women’s Day.

“I’m so excited to play on this night,” she said. “It was meant to be I think. I’m really happy about that.”

Another new mother, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, followed Williams on stadium court. The two-time winner of the desert tournament needed a wild card to get in because she has been off the tour since Wimbledon. Azarenka, who gave birth to son Leo in December 2016, has been in a custody fight that limited her travel. She was to play Heather Watson of Britain.

Shapovalov wins 1st match

​Canada’s Denis Shapovalov cruised into the second round of the BNP Paribas Open, defeating qualifier Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday.

The 18-year-old Shapovalov from Richmond Hill, Ont., fired six aces and won 88 per cent of his first-service points to win the match at the Masters 1,000 tournament in one hour 13 minutes.

Shapovalov, ranked 44th on the ATP standings, broke his 106th-ranked opponent three times and was broken once.

The match was the first career meeting between the two players. Shapovalov will play 30th-seeded Pablo Cuevas of Argentina in the second round.

In other first-round action, Toronto’s Peter Polansky defeated Marius Copil of Romania 7-6 (3), 6-7, 7-6 (12).

CiCi Bellis led four Americans into the second round. She was joined by wild card Danielle Collins and Jennifer Brady, who both got stretched to three sets. Taylor Fritz needed three sets to advance in the men’s draw as did Mitchell Krueger.

Other winners Thursday were Olympic gold medallist Monica Puig of Puerto Rico, qualifier Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Fernando Verdasco of Spain.

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LONDON (Reuters) – It will be ‘Mother’s Day’ on Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Monday when Serena Williams takes on fellow mum Evgeniya Rodina for a place in the quarter-finals of the grasscourt major.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Open tennis tournament champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium, her husband Brian Lynch and their daughter Jada poses with the trophy in New York’s Times Square, September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

That showdown means it is guaranteed that a mother will feature in the last eight of the singles championships for the first time since Kim Clijsters made it that far in 2010 accompanied by her then two-year-old toddler Jada.

Williams’ 10-month-old baby, Alexis Olympia, will have no idea what all the fuss is about on Monday. But Rodina’s five-year-old daughter, Anna, will hopefully be able to hang onto some memories of the day when her ‘mama’ met another ‘mom’ on tennis’ most famous stage.

Williams and Moscow-born Rodina are the final two mothers still standing in the singles draw out of the six who came out swinging their rackets a week ago.

While the American has been hailed as a “Supermom” for coming back to the sport at the age of 36 following a year-long maternity break, Clijsters’s triumph at the 2009 U.S. Open proved that it was possible to combine roles of being a good mother with that of a champion athlete.

“There are plenty of mothers on tour right now. I’m happy to see that. It makes me proud,” Clijsters, the only mother to have captured grand slam titles since 1980, told Reuters in an interview.

“It makes me feel like I had some inspiration and was able to inspire other players to do that. Players know it’s possible to come back after they have a kid if they want to, the choice is theirs.”

It is a choice made by several others as the current top 200 in the WTA singles rankings features at least seven working mothers.

Players opting to take a career break are offered assistance in various areas by the WTA governing body, be it medical or psychological.

The WTA’s senior director for athlete assistance, Kathy Martin, said a “a traveling troop of physiotherapists, massage therapists, medical advisors and psychologists” are on hand to offer assistance to any player during or after pregnancy.

“We help players cope and adjust as they come back,” Martin, who has been with the WTA for over two decades, told Reuters.

HEALTHY PLATFORM

“Our focus has always been to ensure there is a healthy platform and they are supported emotionally and physically when they are returning to play.”

However, for Victoria Azarenka, who was ranked number one and won two Australian Open titles before the birth of her son Leo in 2016, all of that is not enough.

The Belarussian, who is a single mother, wants regular WTA Tour events to follow Wimbledon’s lead in providing more on site childcare facilities.

But Martin said the providing of a crèche is not a mandatory requirement at WTA events.

“Most of our mothers… sort out their own childcare arrangements. It’s just like the rest of their team, as it’s not like we are giving them a coach for the week,” said Martin.

“We do have crèches at some events… but not everyone even uses those. When we are working with a tournament, we are looking at what facilities are on site for the tennis tournament to proceed.

“What is directly related is a physiotherapy room, decent medical facilities, a counseling room, the media area, we need courts… all of those things are mandatory for running a tournament.

“Some organizers (in addition) may decide to have a beautician, some will set up a crèche but we haven’t gone driving them in any particular direction because those things are not directly related to the competition.”

A lot of focus has been given to Williams’ comeback as she chases a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title to draw level with Australian great Margaret Court, who won her last three majors in 1973 following the birth of her first child.

However, Germany’s Tatjana Maria was among several unsung mothers who were also in the Wimbledon draw.

The 30-year-old won her first WTA singles title last month in Mallorca.

Last Wednesday, Maria was one of three mothers to contest their second-round matches on Centre Court, with Azarenka and Williams being the other two.

Unfortunately, barely anyone noticed her achievements because so much is being made of Williams’ comeback.

However, whether a tennis mum has the profile of a Serena Williams or a Tatjana Maria, Clijsters believes they should count themselves lucky.

“I see other female team sports and how their organization works and am surprised at how little support there is,” said Clijsters, who is an ambassador for the Oct. 21-28 WTA Finals in Singapore.

“I had a lot of support from the (WTA) board, I had a lot of support from physios. That support is always there,” added the Belgian, who won three of her four majors following Jada’s birth.

Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Neil Robinson

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Mamma Mia! It

LONDON (Reuters) – It will be ‘Mother’s Day’ on Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Monday when Serena Williams takes on fellow mum Evgeniya Rodina for a place in the quarter-finals of the grasscourt major.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Open tennis tournament champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium, her husband Brian Lynch and their daughter Jada poses with the trophy in New York’s Times Square, September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

That showdown means it is guaranteed that a mother will feature in the last eight of the singles championships for the first time since Kim Clijsters made it that far in 2010 accompanied by her then two-year-old toddler Jada.

Williams’ 10-month-old baby, Alexis Olympia, will have no idea what all the fuss is about on Monday. But Rodina’s five-year-old daughter, Anna, will hopefully be able to hang onto some memories of the day when her ‘mama’ met another ‘mom’ on tennis’ most famous stage.

Williams and Moscow-born Rodina are the final two mothers still standing in the singles draw out of the six who came out swinging their rackets a week ago.

While the American has been hailed as a “Supermom” for coming back to the sport at the age of 36 following a year-long maternity break, Clijsters’s triumph at the 2009 U.S. Open proved that it was possible to combine roles of being a good mother with that of a champion athlete.

“There are plenty of mothers on tour right now. I’m happy to see that. It makes me proud,” Clijsters, the only mother to have captured grand slam titles since 1980, told Reuters in an interview.

“It makes me feel like I had some inspiration and was able to inspire other players to do that. Players know it’s possible to come back after they have a kid if they want to, the choice is theirs.”

It is a choice made by several others as the current top 200 in the WTA singles rankings features at least seven working mothers.

Players opting to take a career break are offered assistance in various areas by the WTA governing body, be it medical or psychological.

The WTA’s senior director for athlete assistance, Kathy Martin, said a “a traveling troop of physiotherapists, massage therapists, medical advisors and psychologists” are on hand to offer assistance to any player during or after pregnancy.

“We help players cope and adjust as they come back,” Martin, who has been with the WTA for over two decades, told Reuters.

HEALTHY PLATFORM

“Our focus has always been to ensure there is a healthy platform and they are supported emotionally and physically when they are returning to play.”

However, for Victoria Azarenka, who was ranked number one and won two Australian Open titles before the birth of her son Leo in 2016, all of that is not enough.

The Belarussian, who is a single mother, wants regular WTA Tour events to follow Wimbledon’s lead in providing more on site childcare facilities.

But Martin said the providing of a crèche is not a mandatory requirement at WTA events.

“Most of our mothers… sort out their own childcare arrangements. It’s just like the rest of their team, as it’s not like we are giving them a coach for the week,” said Martin.

“We do have crèches at some events… but not everyone even uses those. When we are working with a tournament, we are looking at what facilities are on site for the tennis tournament to proceed.

“What is directly related is a physiotherapy room, decent medical facilities, a counseling room, the media area, we need courts… all of those things are mandatory for running a tournament.

“Some organizers (in addition) may decide to have a beautician, some will set up a crèche but we haven’t gone driving them in any particular direction because those things are not directly related to the competition.”

A lot of focus has been given to Williams’ comeback as she chases a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title to draw level with Australian great Margaret Court, who won her last three majors in 1973 following the birth of her first child.

However, Germany’s Tatjana Maria was among several unsung mothers who were also in the Wimbledon draw.

The 30-year-old won her first WTA singles title last month in Mallorca.

Last Wednesday, Maria was one of three mothers to contest their second-round matches on Centre Court, with Azarenka and Williams being the other two.

Unfortunately, barely anyone noticed her achievements because so much is being made of Williams’ comeback.

However, whether a tennis mum has the profile of a Serena Williams or a Tatjana Maria, Clijsters believes they should count themselves lucky.

“I see other female team sports and how their organization works and am surprised at how little support there is,” said Clijsters, who is an ambassador for the Oct. 21-28 WTA Finals in Singapore.

“I had a lot of support from the (WTA) board, I had a lot of support from physios. That support is always there,” added the Belgian, who won three of her four majors following Jada’s birth.

Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Neil Robinson

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Mamma Mia! It

LONDON (Reuters) – It will be ‘Mother’s Day’ on Wimbledon’s Centre Court on Monday when Serena Williams takes on fellow mum Evgeniya Rodina for a place in the quarter-finals of the grasscourt major.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Open tennis tournament champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium, her husband Brian Lynch and their daughter Jada poses with the trophy in New York’s Times Square, September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

That showdown means it is guaranteed that a mother will feature in the last eight of the singles championships for the first time since Kim Clijsters made it that far in 2010 accompanied by her then two-year-old toddler Jada.

Williams’ 10-month-old baby, Alexis Olympia, will have no idea what all the fuss is about on Monday. But Rodina’s five-year-old daughter, Anna, will hopefully be able to hang onto some memories of the day when her ‘mama’ met another ‘mom’ on tennis’ most famous stage.

Williams and Moscow-born Rodina are the final two mothers still standing in the singles draw out of the six who came out swinging their rackets a week ago.

While the American has been hailed as a “Supermom” for coming back to the sport at the age of 36 following a year-long maternity break, Clijsters’s triumph at the 2009 U.S. Open proved that it was possible to combine roles of being a good mother with that of a champion athlete.

“There are plenty of mothers on tour right now. I’m happy to see that. It makes me proud,” Clijsters, the only mother to have captured grand slam titles since 1980, told Reuters in an interview.

“It makes me feel like I had some inspiration and was able to inspire other players to do that. Players know it’s possible to come back after they have a kid if they want to, the choice is theirs.”

It is a choice made by several others as the current top 200 in the WTA singles rankings features at least seven working mothers.

Players opting to take a career break are offered assistance in various areas by the WTA governing body, be it medical or psychological.

The WTA’s senior director for athlete assistance, Kathy Martin, said a “a traveling troop of physiotherapists, massage therapists, medical advisors and psychologists” are on hand to offer assistance to any player during or after pregnancy.

“We help players cope and adjust as they come back,” Martin, who has been with the WTA for over two decades, told Reuters.

HEALTHY PLATFORM

“Our focus has always been to ensure there is a healthy platform and they are supported emotionally and physically when they are returning to play.”

However, for Victoria Azarenka, who was ranked number one and won two Australian Open titles before the birth of her son Leo in 2016, all of that is not enough.

The Belarussian, who is a single mother, wants regular WTA Tour events to follow Wimbledon’s lead in providing more on site childcare facilities.

But Martin said the providing of a crèche is not a mandatory requirement at WTA events.

“Most of our mothers… sort out their own childcare arrangements. It’s just like the rest of their team, as it’s not like we are giving them a coach for the week,” said Martin.

“We do have crèches at some events… but not everyone even uses those. When we are working with a tournament, we are looking at what facilities are on site for the tennis tournament to proceed.

“What is directly related is a physiotherapy room, decent medical facilities, a counseling room, the media area, we need courts… all of those things are mandatory for running a tournament.

“Some organizers (in addition) may decide to have a beautician, some will set up a crèche but we haven’t gone driving them in any particular direction because those things are not directly related to the competition.”

A lot of focus has been given to Williams’ comeback as she chases a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam title to draw level with Australian great Margaret Court, who won her last three majors in 1973 following the birth of her first child.

However, Germany’s Tatjana Maria was among several unsung mothers who were also in the Wimbledon draw.

The 30-year-old won her first WTA singles title last month in Mallorca.

Last Wednesday, Maria was one of three mothers to contest their second-round matches on Centre Court, with Azarenka and Williams being the other two.

Unfortunately, barely anyone noticed her achievements because so much is being made of Williams’ comeback.

However, whether a tennis mum has the profile of a Serena Williams or a Tatjana Maria, Clijsters believes they should count themselves lucky.

“I see other female team sports and how their organization works and am surprised at how little support there is,” said Clijsters, who is an ambassador for the Oct. 21-28 WTA Finals in Singapore.

“I had a lot of support from the (WTA) board, I had a lot of support from physios. That support is always there,” added the Belgian, who won three of her four majors following Jada’s birth.

Reporting by Pritha Sarkar, editing by Neil Robinson

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Serena Williams wins first match at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells

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Serena Williams wins first match at BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Serena Williams won her first match in her comeback at the BNP Paribas Open after a 14-month layoff for the birth of her first child.

Serena Williams, asked about a backdated therapeutic use exemption she received for the 2015 French Open, which she won, reiterated she had never tested positive for a banned substance and that she was “incredibly sick” for the tournament.

As if we should have ever doubted her, Serena Williams returned to the tour ready for a fight — a fight she was never going to lose.

She had a tough act to follow, but Victoria Azarenka was just as impressive in her highly anticipated return to tennis.

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The 23-time major winner defeated Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 7-5, 6-3 in the first round Thursday night.

“It was incredible,” Williams said on court after the 1½-hour match. “It’s been over a year and a kid later and I get to go home to her now, and I’m excited about that.”

With husband and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian looking on, Williams played from behind until breaking Diyas in the 11th game.

Williams served a love game capped by a 100 mph ace in her first service game. She had break points in the first and fifth games but couldn’t convert. She started hitting harder and her familiar grunting returned when she tied the set 5-all.

Diyas and Williams traded service breaks early in the second set. Williams then broke her opponent again en route to winning the final five games. She smiled as she walked to the net, and her family gave her a standing ovation.

“It definitely wasn’t easy,” Williams said on court. “We always have a couple tight sets. It was good. I’m a little rusty, but it doesn’t matter. I’m just out here on this journey and doing the best I can.”

Serena Williams has 23 Grand Slam tournament singles titles, one behind Margaret Court for most all time. Crystal Chatham/AP Photo

Also in Williams’ box were her mother Oracene, sisters Lyndrea and Isha, her agent, and her coach Patrick Mouratoglou. Older sister Venus watched from a balcony seat in an upper-level box on a 68-degree night in the Southern California desert.

Williams has been away since winning the 2017 Australian Open early in her pregnancy. She gave birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. six months ago.

Ohanian bought four billboards along Interstate 10 outside Palm Springs in tribute to his wife. The fourth billboard shows a photo of Williams and their daughter with the phrase “G.M.O.A.T” — greatest mother of all time — and is signed by Alexis Sr. and Jr.

Williams’ only competitive appearances since the birth came in December at an exhibition in Abu Dhabi, a Fed Cup doubles match with sister Venus last month and an exhibition in New York on Monday.

She is playing at Indian Wells under a protected ranking of 22nd. Williams hasn’t been unseeded at a tournament since 2011 in Cincinnati.

It was pointed out to Williams that it was International Women’s Day.

“I’m so excited to play on this night,” she said. “It was meant to be I think. I’m really happy about that.”

Another new mother, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, followed Williams on the stadium court. The two-time winner of the desert tournament needed a wild card to get in because she has been off the tour since Wimbledon. Azarenka, who gave birth to son Leo in December 2016, has been in a custody fight that limited her travel. She was to play Heather Watson of Britain.

In other first-round matches, CiCi Bellis overpowered qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-0, 6-3.

The 18-year-old American, who turned down a full scholarship from Stanford to turn pro last August, had her serve broken just once by the Spaniard in the 65-minute match. Bellis earned a second-round matchup with defending champion Elena Vesnina of Russia.

Bellis led five Americans into the second round. She was joined by wild card Danielle Collins and Jennifer Brady, who both were stretched to three sets. Taylor Fritz needed three sets to advance in the men’s draw, as did Mitchell Krueger and Jared Donaldson.

Other winners Thursday were Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig of Puerto Rico, qualifier Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Fernando Verdasco of Spain.