Stacey Allaster News
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The Women’s Tennis Association will move its season-ending championships to Singapore for five years starting in 2014, as the organization tries to increase its fan base in Asia.
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Stacey Allaster faced a three- headed financial monster in 2009 when she became chief executive officer of the WTA , the women’s pro tennis tour.
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The Women’s Tennis Association extended the contract of chief executive officer Stacey Allaster through 2017.
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Seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin said she’ll retire from tennis again because of a right elbow injury sustained last year at Wimbledon.
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Tennis will introduce a biological passport this year for all professional players in a drive to catch doping cheats, the International Tennis Federation said.
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Li Na changed Chinese sports history this weekend at the French Open, and she may have changed international tennis forever.
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Li Na beat defending champion Francesca Schiavone to take the French Open women’s title, becoming the first Chinese player to win a Grand Slam tennis singles final.
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Esther Vergeer of the Netherlands said she’s retiring as a professional wheelchair tennis player after winning 470 straight matches during the last 10 years and a total of 169 tournament championships.
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Maria Sharapova and Li Na are competing in the richest event on the women’s tennis tour this week in Istanbul as Turkey tries to boost its so-far unsuccessful campaign to host the Olympic Games.
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Rising stars Li Na and Zheng Jie are helping to turn Chinese tennis into the sport’s top priority, both on the court and in the boardroom.
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