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WTA Family Circle Cup Holiday Discount Packages (TennisX)
WTA Family Circle Cup Holiday Discount Packages from Play Tennis Florida.

WTA budget would cut expenses but not bus service in '09 (The Bellingham Herald)

Time, ladies: players to pay for excessive breaks (Muswellbrook Chronicle)
STRATEGIC medical time-outs during WTA Tour matches could be drastically reduced by a radical user-pays system planned for next year. The women's governing body intends to cap the number of times a player can call a trainer for an extended consultation and issue bills for any excess.

WTA, ATP tours staying upbeat amid economic downturn (USA Today)
Bill Rapp has weathered economic downturns in his 26 years in tennis, the last eight as tournament director for the SAP Open, a men's event in San Jose, Calif. No alarm bells are sounding, but Rapp is not sitting idle.

ATP, WTA tours find reasons to move closer together (USA Today)
A David Stern or Roger Goodell might be a ways off, but a series of cross-tour initiatives has ushered in an era of unprecedented cooperation between the men's and women's tennis circuits and reignited talk of a single head overseeing the fragmented sport.

Political rally: Williamses revel in Obama win (Canowindra News)
THE impact of Barack Obama's historic election win has extended to the tennis court, at the WTA's year-end Sony Ericsson Championships in the politically sensitive Middle East. As Jehovah's Witnesses, the Williams sisters do not vote - but that does not mean they do not care.

Tennis: Classic line-up just gets better (The New Zealand Herald)
A fourth tennis player ranked in the world's top 20 is to attend the ASB Classic, tournament organisers announced today. Katerina Srebotnik, a former champion with a career-high ranking of 20, will make her seventh appearance at the Auckland WTA event.

FEDERER SHRUGS OFF BACK WORRIES (Sporting Life)
Roger Federer insists he is fighting fit heading into a deserved close-season break after ending a troubled 2008 with a 6-4 6-4 victory against American James Blake in an exhibition match in Macau.

NALBANDIAN TO FACE FERRER IN OPENER (Sporting Life)
David Nalbandian will kick off the Davis Cup final between Argentina and Spain with a clash against David Ferrer on Friday.

Website Soptlight: Victoria Azarenka (WTA Tour)
Russian sensation Victoria Azarenka is riding high on an amazing season on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. At 19 years old Azarenka has already won the 2007 mixed doubles title at the US Open, and this year she went on to win the same title at the French Open, while reaching a career high on No.14 on the singles rankings.

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