On the Baseline Tennis News

A considerable amount of attention will focus on the new generation of up and coming stars who are poised to make their breakthroughs next year. Guest contributor jc valencia profiles Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the next installment of OTB's Players to Watch series.

Sabine Lisicki enjoyed the best year of her young career in 2009 after winning the Family Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. In the latest part of OTB's 2010 Players to Watch Series, guest writer Diane Elayne Dees tells why tennis fans need to keep their eyes on Lisicki next season.

Over the next two weeks, join On the Baseline for our annual 2010 Players to Watch series. For today's Open Forum Friday, tell us who you think will be the players to watch in women's tennis next season.

She fights. She smiles. She laughs. She has a seemingly breezy personality. Just call her Princess Charming, with the heart of a lioness. Todd Spiker profiles Caroline Wozniacki in the first installment of OTB's 2010 Players to Watch Series.

Persistence and hard work helped Martina Hingis reign as the number one player in the world for four years, and although she would never want to repeat the past twenty-four months, she has remained resilient. ...

Two-time major champion Amelie Mauresmo has decided to hang up her tennis racquet for good. The thirty-year old French player announced her decision to retire on Thursday at a press conference in France.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour tennis offseason officially began Monday as the players head for a much-needed break. What are the women planning to do over the next seven weeks? For many of them, their holiday plans include everything----except play tennis.

Serena Williams has backed up her ascent to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's top spot with her third title of the year. The incoming world No. 1 star capped off a perfect week in Doha on Sunday by beating her sister Venus for the singles trophy.

Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters and Anne Keothavong are just a few of the women who can’t resist the off-court chatter of Twitter. The personalized player update has revolutionized the way we engage with players on the tour, but just who is the best at tweaking their tweets?

Venus Williams, one of the all-time greats on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, is struggling with her game. On the Baseline contributor Robert Edward Smith takes a look at a few worrying patterns of defeat that have blighted Venus's 2009 season.