Miscellany

Aleksandra Wozniak has been named Canada's Female Athlete of the Year by the Canadian press.

Here is an excellent breakdown (via After Atalanta) of some of the truly frightening trends in women's sports these day. The pink issue is getting worse every day.

In the "here we go again" department: Tamira Paszek retired today during the second round of qualifying in Auckland.

Maria Sharapova defeated Venus Williams in straight sets in an exhibition in Hua Hin, Thailand yesterday.

Anastasia Myskina says she does not think her partner of 3 1/2 years has ever watched a tennis match.

What are they doing?

Where are the players who dropped out for a while because of injury and illness or other problems? What are they doing?

Anastasia Myskina just had a baby.

Sam Stosur is playing in challengers. She just lost to Yanina Wickmayer in the quarterfinals of the Boyd Tinsley USTA Pro Women's Tennis Championships in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Tatiana Golovin is playing in challengers. She just lost to in the second round of the Cagnes-Sur-Mer in France to Maret Ani.

Sesil Karatantcheva was playing in challengers and is now playing in Tour events.

Jelena Dokic just keeps coming back, over and over, but to no avail.

Myskina has a baby boy

Anastasia Myskina has given birth to a baby boy, Zhenya. Myskina has been off of the tour for about a year because of a foot injury. She won the French Open in 2004, and holds ten singles titles and five doubles titles.

Myskina has not said whether she plans to return to the tour.

Pre-Wimbledon injury report

Doubles star Zheng Jie has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of injury

Former French Open winner Anastasia Myskina has withdrawn from Wimbledon. No surprise--she tried to play in the French Open, and her bad foot gave her a lot of trouble.

Also, doubles star (and she's no slouch in singles) Zheng Jie's ankle injury is bad enough that she will not play at Wimbledon, either. Also withdrawing is Romina Oprandi of Italy. The replacement players are Catalina Castano, Melinda Czink and Anna Smashnova (this will be Smashnova's last Wimbledon).

No word yet on whether Martina Hingis will be able to play in London; her hip has been bothering her a lot.

Some better news on the injury front: Vera Zvonareva's wrist injury, which she sustained in Charleston, is not as serious as previously thought. She will not have to have surgery, after all, and she could be back as early as August.