Live in Barbados

The 28-year-old world No. 1 appeared in vintage form at last night’s LIME ‘Tennis pon De Rock’ exhibition at the Wildey Gymnasium, where she opposed world No. 4, 19-year-old Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. Both players were well received by the large crowd and throughout the match, screams of ‘Let’s go Serena’ and ‘Let’s go Caroline’ could be heard echoing throughout the Gym.

Serena, easily the more physically dominant of the two players, took full control from the opening game and never looked back. Though fighting off a slight cold, she was her usual self, serving with a vengeance while punishing anything short from her younger opponent. Wozniacki, who is no slouch either, desperately scampered for her returns and tried to use her pin-point placement to her advantage. Still she had no reply for Williams.

via The Barbados Advocate.

Tennis pon de rock Event Director, Kodi Lewis sent BPL some more detailed info about the upcoming 2 day tennis exhibition featuring Serena Willams and Caroline Wozniacki.

Tennis pon de rock is a charitable event to raise funds for Barbadian children, scheduled to take place on the 28th and 29th of November.

Day 1 will be held at the gymnasium complex, with a seating capacity of 3,700. Day 2 is more exclusive, and will be held at Sugar Hill Tennis Resort for no more than 500 tennis fans with ‘all-inclusive’ hospitality and followed by a cocktail party.

This is a fantastic opportunity to watch first class tennis from world class players.

Gymnasium — Saturday 28th November, 2009

• Fantasy camp hosted by the Barbados Tennis Association
• Showcase top junior players
• Singles: Haydyn Lewis Vs Jeff Tarango (2 sets and super tiebreaker)
• Singles: Serena Williams Vs Caroline Wozniacki (2 sets and super tiebreaker)
• Serena & Caroline speech

• Enclosed with a seating capacity of 3,700 persons
• Ticket prices range from $200 courtside, $150 blue section and $100 red section, all prices are Barbados Dollars
• Cheques payable to: B.I.T.E. Ltd
• Website: www.gymnasiumltd.com.bb

Sugar Hill — Sunday 29th November, 2009

• Showcase top junior players
• Singles: Haydyn Lewis Vs Jeff Tarango (2 sets and super tiebreaker)
• Mix doubles: Serena Williams Vs Caroline Wozniacki (mix doubles and fun points with VIPs and delegates)
• Serena & Caroline speech
• Cocktail party with live entertainment

• Outdoor venue for 500 VIP guests during both the exhibition and the cocktail party to end the evening
• Tickets cost $450 BBD
• Cheques payable to: B.I.T.E. Ltd

Box office locations

• All Super Centre Locations
• Cave Shepherd (Broad Street)
• Lewis Drug Mart – (Rockley)
• All Facets Locations (Norman Centre & Paynes Bay)
• The Barbados Olympic Association Office (by the gymnasium)

Contact & reservations

The main contact person for the event is Diana Lewis on 238 7708 or tennisponderock@gmail.com

Just in case I’ve missed anything I’ve also attached Kodi’s PDFs to this post here:

• Tennis-pon-de-rock-Ticket-Information.pdf
• Tennis-pon-de-rock.pdf

Serena Williams is unquestionably one of tennis’ great champions and is now enjoying her fifth spell at the top of the women’s world rankings. Many would make a case for her being the most powerful woman player of all time and it’s hard to argue.

via Serena Williams lets her tennis do the talking – Times Online.

I hope the Barbados exhibition match lasts a little longer than 53 minutes…

OK, where do you get tickets for this?

Eleven-time Grand Slam champion and world number one tennis player Serena Williams will play in Barbados next month at the Wildey Gymnasium for the country’s biggest ever exhibition game. Williams will be joined by US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki, the world number five in a mixed doubles game with two locally-based players. Details of the high-profiled event were released by director of the Barbados Invitational Tennis Exhibition (BITE) Barry Gale today during a press conference confirming the participation of the two top players at the Sugar Hill Resort in Westmoreland.

via Serena Williams: Diary of a Grand Slam Champion: Serena to play Barbados Tennis Exhibition.