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French tennis star Amelie Mauresmo is out of commission for at least a month because of an emergency appendectomy. Ranked fourth in the world, Mauresmo was hospitalized in Paris due to a severe stomach ache for a few days before a sonogram detected that her appendix required removal. She was forced to withdraw from the Sony Ericsson Open being held in Key Biscayne, Florida but hopes to be well in time for the clay court season.

The operation went well and all that’s left for me is to wait patiently. The surgeon advised me to walk a bit but not to do anything else. I will doubtless need a good month to get all my physical capacities back.”
– Amelie Mauresmo

All of us at Wicked Backhand wish Amelie a quick and complete recovery, Roland Garros would not be the same without you!

The International Tennis Federation chose Swiss superstar Roger Federer and Belgian ace Justine Henin-Hardenne as their 2006 World Champions. This is Roger’s third consecutive year winning this honor; Justine won it previously in 2003. Both Federer and Henin-Hardenne finished the tennis season as number one in the world, competing in all four of the Grand Slam finals. Ironically, Federer’s only Grand Slam loss came at the French Open, which was Henin-Hardenne’s only Grand Slam win in 2006.

Bob and Mike Bryan, American twins, are the International Tennis Federation’s men’s double world champions; Lisa Raymond (US) and Samantha Stosur (Australia) are the ITF women’s double world champions. Thiemo de Bakker of Holland is the boy’s world champion and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia is the girl’s world champion. The ITF Awards ceremony will take place in Paris at the French Open on June 5, 2007.

Though Henin-Hardenne led the WTA Tour this year with six titles, Mauresmo beat H-H in both the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals. Henin-Hardenne also lost to Mauresmo in total number of votes for the International Tennis Writers’ Association’s Player of the Year Award. The ITWA chose Roger Federer and Amelie Mauresmo as Player of the Year, voting them the sport’s best ambassadors. This is Roger’s third successive year selected; it is Amelie’s first such honor. Mauresmo won this year’s Australian Open and Wimbledon, as well as the hearts of fans and journalists.

Amelie Mauresmo conquered a nemesis she’s been fighting for some time. Mauresmo beat Serena Williams in the first set 6-4, only to flop in the second set 0-6 and finally come back to win 6-2. Williams, who was a wild card this year at the US Open after missing 6 months due to a knee injury, played tough but not tough enough.

Also winning today at the Open were Andy Roddick, who beat Beck, the man who beat Agassi the previous day to end his storied 21 year career. Nadal also won today; with the win he advances to the next round in an attempt to win again and beat the number one player Roger Federer.

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