Tidbits From Around The Tennis World

Thursday marked the day a record crowd watched an exhibition tennis match between Kim Clijsters and Serena Williams. The new record for attendance was 35,681 and was set in Brussels. Clijsters defeated Wimbledon champion Serena 6-3, 6-2.

Serena Williams

One of the highlights of the exhibition match was that it was officiated by none other than Martina Navratilova.

New Record For US Open Prize Money

The US Open tournament will have the richest purse in tennis history with a record $1.7 million going to each of the singles winners. The men will continue to play the best of five sets and the women play best of three sets.