PARIS
(AFP)
- Newly-crowned Australian Open champion Serena Williams will
play in the Paris Open indoor tournament from Februay 7-13, the organisers
said Saturday.
The
23-year-old, who beat fellow American Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in
Melbourne on Saturday to claim her second Australian Open title, will
line-up in the tournament here along with Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo and
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia.
MELBOURNE
(AFP)
- Australian Lleyton Hewitt proposed to Australian television
soap opera actress Bec Cartwright straight after his defeat to Russian
Marat Safin in the final of the Australian Open, the couple announced
here on Monday.
The
couple's agents confirmed the engagement in a statement and said Hewitt
proposed to 21-year-old Cartwright, a star of Australia's Home and Away
series, shortly after losing to Safin at Melbourne Park.
"Lleyton
and Bec met five years ago at a Starlight Foundation charity tennis day
and rekindled their relationship late last year," the
statement said.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP)
- American Donald Young became the youngest junior to win a grand slam
title after defeating first seed Kim Sun-Yong of South Korea to win the
Australian Open here Sunday.
The
second seed dispatched the Korean 6-2, 6-4 in only 1hr 11min to claim
his first grand slam victory.Aged at only 15 years 191 days he now
becomes the youngest number one in the history of junior world rankings,
an achievement that was still sinking in for the exuberant American in
the aftermath of his landmark win.
