THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Venus Williams and women's tennis are returning to Madison Square Garden for the first time in nearly nine years. Williams will join her top-ranked sister, Serena, and Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic on March 2 in the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup. They will compete for US$1.2 million in prize money. The Garden last hosted the WTA season-ending championships in 2000. The single-elimination showdown will feature three players who won Grand Slam titles in 2008. Ivanovic won her first major at the French Open, Venus won Wimbledon and Serena won the U.S. Open and this year's Australian Open. They will compete in a one-set, no-ad scoring semifinal. The winners will play a best-of-three final.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Venus to play in showdown at MSG
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Venus Williams and women's tennis are returning to Madison Square Garden for the first time in nearly nine years. Williams will join her top-ranked sister, Serena, and Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic on March 2 in the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup. They will compete for US$1.2 million in prize money. The Garden last hosted the WTA season-ending championships in 2000. The single-elimination showdown will feature three players who won Grand Slam titles in 2008. Ivanovic won her first major at the French Open, Venus won Wimbledon and Serena won the U.S. Open and this year's Australian Open. They will compete in a one-set, no-ad scoring semifinal. The winners will play a best-of-three final.
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