There will also be new events in Kuala Lumpur ('Malaysia Classic', 22-28 February 2010) and Copenhagen ('e-Boks Danish Open', 2-8 August 2010)

Nice job, Serena. Caroline and Kim didn't get the recognition they deserve tonight because Serena Williams had to cause a scene by cussing and threatening one of the lines people. Oh brother. But Carolina Wozniacki vs Kim Clijsters should make for one hell of a good match in the finals. That whole incident is going to be in the news for weeks...

There will also be new events in Kuala Lumpur ('Malaysia Classic', 22-28 February 2010) and Copenhagen ('e-Boks Danish Open', 2-8 August 2010)

bad week for the Danish Open. In the middle of the US Open hard court season, this means no chance of any player I want to see and only Caro as a name for the audience, and also Caro having to miss the US Open hard court series

A really great tournament for Kim, who beat a lot of top players and played some of her best ever tennis.
She did come back after nine months out to become the first player to do the Indian Wells/Miami doubles since Graf in 2005, and she'd already beaten quality players in Cincinnati and Toronto so it wasn't that huge a shock that she won.

Kim's a genuinely nice person and a class act so it's always nice when good things happen to good people.

Clijsters has produced probably the best ever come-back from any tennis player in the Open Era. Just three tournaments played and she has a ranking inside the world's top-twenty. Quite incredible.

Yes, in the WTA she's the best ever comeback but some male player also appeared in 19th on ranks after retirement but it was a long time ago.

The ATP have kept a pretty substantial indoor season, but the WTA haven't.

wta has 12 tournaments after usopen in which 3 in europe and 9 in middle and east asia
atp has 16 tournaments 10 in europe and 6 in asia

so all girls almost back
myskina next?

Authorities looking into WTA match

Associated Press
LONDON -- Tennis authorities are looking into a WTA Tour match involving U.S. Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki that apparently sparked bettors to pile money on her opponent when she was on the verge of losing in straight sets.

Wozniacki, a 19-year-old Dane ranked sixth in the world, retired from the first-round match at the Luxembourg Open with a hamstring injury on Wednesday while leading Anne Kremer of Luxembourg 7-5, 5-0.

"So, people bet on my matches. Some win, others lose. I just know that I am clean," Caroline Wozniacki said.
Wozniacki's father, Piotr, told his daughter at 3-0 in the second set to retire before winning because her injury would prevent her from playing in the next round. His comments, apparently spoken in his native Polish, were picked up by microphones and heard by viewers watching the match on the Internet.

"I went onto the court and said to her: 'Caro, it does not matter whether it's going to be 5-0, 4-1 or 3-2. You can not play the next round, so you shouldn't take the risk," Piotr Wozniacki said Thursday on Danish radio. "I'm very proud of Caroline, because she stopped the fight and gave her opponent a chance."

The father's comments during the match led to a surge in online bets for Kremer to win.

The governing bodies of tennis created a Tennis Integrity Unit last year to combat gambling and match-fixing.

"We're just looking into everything that happened in this match," WTA spokesman Neil Robinson said, adding that he believed the information would go to the integrity unit. "I would think that would be the way it would go. They are aware of it."