Venus, Serena, Sharapova in US Open (AP)

 
Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova are among the five past U.S. Open women's champions in the tournament field announced Thursday. Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova are the other previous winners entered in the hard-court Grand Slam tournament, which begins Aug. 25. Top-ranked Ana Ivanovic, the reigning French Open champion, heads a group that includes 99 of the top 100 women... [link]

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