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...looking likely that the Chinese women may garner an Olympic medal from tennis, either from women's singles player Li or women's pair Yan Zi and Zheng Jie. Li, hardly a household name overseas, survived a treacherous draw that pitted her against both world No. 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova and Williams, who won Wimbledon this year. Certainly, the support of a raucous home crowd helped buoy the 25-year-old Chinese athlete, who is ranked No. 42 in the world. "Wow, I don't think you could see that in another country," said Li of the support from the local...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hometown Heroes Dominate Courts | 8/16/2008 | See Source »

...tall with legs that go from Prague to Brno and the power to hit the ball just as far. This kid can smash it. She?s seeded 26th in Queens, but she reached the 3rd round in Wimbledon. Her path was made a little easier when defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova got chopped down on the big stage by Ekaterina Bychkova. This is a tough town to defend your crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Open: Court of Appeal | 8/30/2005 | See Source »

Sharapova leads one of the deepest U.S. Open fields in the history of women's tennis. The slam sisters, Serena and Venus Williams, will be formidable, as will new No. 2 Lindsay Davenport. Behind them lurks a horde of Sharapova's fellow Russians, including defending U.S. Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva; Belgians Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne; and France's Amélie Mauresmo. Any one of them could win the Open. The men's game, on the other hand, has been dominated by the silent Swiss Roger Federer. The only mystery concerns who will be Federer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How She Got to No. 1 | 8/22/2005 | See Source »

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