Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Miscellany

WTA Backspin's list of the top 25 best players of the last decade now includes players 6-10.

Serena Williams has set a goal of winning an Olympic gold medal in 2012 (via On the Baseline).

2010 will be Pilot Pen's last season to sponsor the U.S. Open Series tournament in New Haven. The tournament is looking for a new sponsor.

In clarifying her remarks about Andre Agassi, Martina Navratilova makes it clear that she does not think players should be penalized for using recreational drugs.

On a similar subject, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour CEO Stacey Allaster has called for some changes to be made in the ADAMS "whereabouts" rule. Her remarks come in response to the one-year suspension of Yanina Wickmayer. Wickmayer's countrywoman Kim Clijsters referred to the suspension as "extremely harsh."

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