Serena confirmed for WTA Sydney International
Friday, 17 October 2008
SYDNEY, Oct 16 (AFP): Nine-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams will play in January's Sydney International, organisers said Thursday, meaning the event will feature the top three women players and the Olympic champion.
Williams, 27, the world number three and current US Open champion, joins world number one Jelena Jankovic, second-ranked Dinara Safina and Beijing gold medallist Elena Dementieva in the January 11-17 mixed tournament.
Headlining the men's event will be Australia's four-times champion Lleyton Hewitt, his Argentine rival David Nalbandian and Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2008 Australian Open runner-up.
Williams, 27, the world number three and current US Open champion, joins world number one Jelena Jankovic, second-ranked Dinara Safina and Beijing gold medallist Elena Dementieva in the January 11-17 mixed tournament.
Headlining the men's event will be Australia's four-times champion Lleyton Hewitt, his Argentine rival David Nalbandian and Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2008 Australian Open runner-up.