The Bank of the West Classic, a tournament in the six-week-long Olympus US Open Series, began in earnest at 10:00 (PST), yesterday morning. The event, which is women-only, and has been since the inaugural match was played in 1971, will feature Grand Slam hopefuls, Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic, and Maria Sharapova, among others.

This week's top ten list investigates the phenomenom of planking with tennis players! 

 Want to know how many courts are out there? Indoor/Outdoor? Hard/Soft? Check out this research from TIA.

Our best, brightest, bravest ... and Anna Kournikova

Win a Trip to the ATP Season Finale in London through HEAD! HEAD Tennis is offering a great opporitunity to win one of one thousand prizes through their Golden Balls.

Mardy Fish, is rarely mentioned in reference to Grand Slam success, likely because the 29-year-old has never threatened to unseat any of the favourites at the any of the major events.

A new Twitter record was set this past week, as Twitter-users sent out 7,196 tweets per second during the FIFA Women’s World Cup final between the United States and Japan.  But anyways, here are tennis players on Twitter.