Tennis News

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – All week long, Venus Williams has talked about the bright future of tennis in Taiwan, and on Wednesday she got the chance to be a part of it.

The former No.1 took some time away from her Taiwan Open preparations to join a lucky group of young Taiwanese tennis at the Taiwan Open children’s clinic. They hit some tennis balls, joined an autograph session, and even got to present the Williams with a player portrait.

Watch the video above and see all of the best pictures below, courtesy of the Taiwan Open:

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Doubles star Elena Vesnina has won three Grand Slams in doubles – most recently a maiden mixed doubles trophy at the Australian Open with Bruno Soares – but the former No.3 in doubles (No.21 in singles) hit an extra-special milestone over the off-season when she married fiance Pavel Tubanstov in Moscow.

Joined by bridesmaid and longtime doubles partner Ekaterina Makarova – with whom she won the 2013 French Open and 2014 US Open – and a plethora of Russia’s tennis elite, Vesnina enjoyed a fairytale wedding in the Russian capital.

Back in her home country to play the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, Vesnina reached the second round of the singles event as a wildcard, and will try to snap Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza’s 37-match winning streak in doubles alongside rising Russian star, Daria Kasatkina.

Until then, check out some of the best photos from Vesnina’s November nuptials below:

The 2017 Aces For Humanity campaign was launched by USANA and the WTA at the BNP Paribas Open, where every ace hit by a WTA player at Premier-level events translates into a donation to the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to provide the most critical human necessities to those who are suffering or in need around the world.

For every ace hit by any player the WTA donates $5, and for every ace hit by a USANA Brand Ambassador, it’s $10.

USANA Brand Ambassadors Caroline Wozniacki, Eugenie Bouchard, Monica Puig and Zheng Saisai hit 12 of the 476 aces in Indian Wells – raising a grand total of $2,560 throughout the fortnight. Wozniacki hit the most with seven aces.

Read more about the campaign here and see below to find out who’s hit the most aces so far!

#AcesForHumanity Fan Giveaway

It’s simple: before each WTA Premier tournament guess how many total aces will be hit.
Next up is the Miami Open in Miami. Last year there was a total of 539 aces hit. It’s now your turn, take your best guess of how many will be hit this year.

How To Enter:
• Follow @WTA and @USANAFoundation on Twitter and before each WTA Premier tournament tweet the number of aces you predict will be hit during the whole tournament (Singles, Main Draw)
• Include the hashtag #AcesForHumanity
• Beijing deadline is March 21 at 11:59pm ET
• The winner will be announced April 3rd

Aces For Humanity is a joint WTA and USANA initiative that benefits the USANA True Health Foundation, which provides critical human necessities to those in suffering or in need around the globe.

For full rules on how to enter, click here.