Meet the tennis legend Billie Jean! HBO did an excellent interview with her. She talked about the four women playing and just what incredible tennis players they are.

She said, “All four of these women I love watching for different reasons. Jankovic is steady, she’s in great great, she can run like the wind. Ivanovic is strong, fast. Serena, she’s got the will to win like I’ve never seen. I love it. And Venus, she has a wing span that we all dream about.”

See below for interviews with these four women at the Billie Jean Cup.

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Billie Jean Cup: A Conversation with Billie Jean

Serena Williams proudly hold up the trophy from the Billie Jean King Cup tournament in her “blue dress”, as she calls it.

On Monday night, World No. 1 Serena defeated her older sister Venus Williams in a 6-4, 6-3 victory. This was Serena’s first tournament at Madison Square Garden.

“Definitely winning in Madison Square Garden, also with Billie Jean and this Cup is just really fun and it being the first time is really cool,” said Serena.

How much did she get to take home from this win? How does a cool $400,000 sound!

Pictures, video and more below.

The Williams sisters were the biggest attraction for the crowd and they gave them what they wanted to see. A great match.

The sisters were tied at 4 in the championship when they engaged in easily the longest game of the night. After nine deuces, Venus dumped a backhand into the net on Serena’s eighth break point of the game. Serena then held to take the first set and opened the second with another break as a weary Venus struggled with her serve.

“I just would’ve loved to have held there,” Venus said of the critical stretch in the first set. “That’s tennis—you can’t get broke that much. Too many breaks today.”

 

What a weekend it was! Wish I could have been there to experience it all first-hand. Videos and photos from the weekend below.

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Serena Williams Takes Home the King’s Cup

Watch out New York! Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, and Ana Ivanovic are headed to New York’s most famous sports venue, Madison Square Garden. These four powerful women tennis players will be there to kick off the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup on Monday, March 2, 2009. The event will be tele-cast on HBO.

“With the BNP Paribas Showdown we will bring together some of the biggest names in tennis, sports and entertainment to not only showcase the top women in the world but also honor Billie Jean King. We are looking forward once again to a tremendous night at the Garden, one that tennis fans won’t want to miss,” says StarGames President Jerry Solomon. StarGames is producing the event.

This is definitely a unique tennis event. Each participant will compete in one set and the winners will advance to a best of three set final. The draw will be announced at a later date.

Tickets went on sale Monday. You can check out ticket information at http://www.thegarden.com/.

Source: On the Baseline

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Four of the World’s Best Women Tennis Players Headed to New York