Jezebel: women's tennis

Serena Williams Heats Up Down Under

Anna — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:10:00 EST

[Sydney, Australia; January 15. Image via Getty]

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 15: Serena Williams of the USA hits a backhand during her womens semi-final match against Elena Dementieva of Russia during day five of the 2009 Medibank International at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre on January 15, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Serena Williams won the U.S. Open last night...

Maria — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:40:00 EDT

Serena Williams won the U.S. Open last night and regained the top spot in women's tennis, a place she has not occupied since 2003. (Her opponent, Jelena Jankovic, demonstrated incredible graciousness after her loss by saying, "I lost my No. 1 ranking. It's not fair.") This is Serena's third Open win and her ninth Grand Slam title. [NY Times]

Play Like A Man

Maria — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Tom Perrotta, a Senior Editor for Tennis Magazine and a tennis critic for The New York Sun laments that there are no female tennis players in the Roger's Cup this week that are worthy of the No. 1 spot. While the Roger's Cup is comprised of "the best of the women's tour" (without the Williams sisters) Perrotta feels that none of the women who are up for the top spot (Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic) are really that great of players. He feels that the competition essentially boils down to " who plays less badly, who can underachieve the least." Nice! So, what do you think Jezebel tennis fans? Are these two women really that bad? Do they only seem so horrible because they are being compared to male tennis stars that get more attention and sponsorship? Is the Roger's Cup really that important in deciding who is the top female tennis player? [NY Sun]