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Serena is here and everyone is so excited about it. In addition she announced she's engaged. I don't know why she chose Auckland to announce her engagement.
 
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Serena is here and everyone is so excited about it. In addition she announced she's engaged. I don't know why she chose Auckland to announce her engagement.
Maybe because this is when she got engaged? Congrats to her.
 
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We do have some spots here that might look romantic.
I'm not clear that Auckland is where she got engaged, just that she announced it. But I'm sure it's a plenty romantic town. :rose::heart:

Actually, I just read she got engaged in Rome...now THAT'S a romantic town.
 

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hope Serena found the right guy this time !!!
 

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Former French Champ Francesca Schiavone to retire after the 2017 season.

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What happened to Sloane Stephens? I haven't seen her in ages. Did she quit tennis or slide real far down in the rankings? It's odd, her name has been mentioned in at least a year.
 

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What happened to Sloane Stephens? I haven't seen her in ages. Did she quit tennis or slide real far down in the rankings? It's odd, her name has been mentioned in at least a year.

Sloane was set to play at Apia Sydney then the AO,she has a 'foot fracture' still not 100% and decided to withdraw from both tournaments.
 
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Sloane was set to play at Apia Sydney then the AO,she has a 'foot fracture' still not 100% and decided to withdraw from both tournaments.

Thanks Margaret. I looked her up and the only thing I saw was her pulling out of the USO, 2016, but no other news. So this must be the same injury. She's down to #52, but that's not bad for all of that time off.
 

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Victoria Azarenka will return to the WTA tour at the Bank of the West Classic in late August.Azarenka is a former champion of this tournament in 2010.
 
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Did I dream that Kerber has lost the number one spot or is that the case?

Kerber still is the No 1 ranked player,regardless of not winning a tournament so far this year with (7,335 pts),she leads Serena Williams who has not played since the AO.by 325 pts (7,010 pts) and 1,315 points separate her from No 3 player Karolina Pliskova (6,020 pts).
 
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Serena just announced she's 20 weeks pregnant. (Which means she was pregnant when she won the AO.)
 

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BTW Serena deleted that announcement on snapchat she was pregnant.....still waiting for confirmation.
 

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Serena spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak confirms that Serena is pregnant and expecting a baby this Fall.
Serena will not play again in 2017 but intends to come back in 2018.
 
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Apparently folks are waiting to hear back from her reps, but, well:

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Serena spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak confirms that Serena is pregnant and expecting a baby this Fall.
Serena will not play again in 2017 but intends to come back in 2018.
Thanks, Margaret. Here's a funny one: Tracy Austin pointed out that, amongst all of their records, it seems that during the AO final there were actually three Williams's on court. :D Not sure that will ever happen again...unless, perhaps, the Federer girls play doubles together, in which case there could be even 6 Federers on court. :lulz2: