Miscellaneous links

Click here for a Q&A with Martina from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The article mentions that Martina has returned to the Czech Republic to be with her mother who is gravely ill.

Click here for a nice article on Billie Jean King by the Associated Press. Martina is quoted in that piece. A clarification: the photo on ESPN accompanying the article is actually from 1975 and not 1970.

Finally, the World TeamTennis schedule for 2005 was announced yesterday. Martina is playing two matches for the Boston Lobsters this year, on July 14 and July 24, both in Boston. More details can be found on the WTT website.

All West Coast appearances cancelled

Unfortunately, Martina had to cancel all West Coast appearances this week in the Bay Area & Seattle due to an illness in the family. Please ignore my entry from last night below. News on the rescheduling of some of the dates will be available soon. My special thanks to Jeremy for alerting me to this.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Martina and her family at this time.

Martina goes West...

Ok, I was almost done with the latest blog entry when my browser errored out on me and I had to close it, losing everything in the process; and now I have to start all over again. Grrrrr....

Martina is on the West Coast this week. Today, she was at a book signing in Westlake Village, California. On Tuesday, she will be in San Francisco and on Wednesday, in Seattle. If you live nearby and can attend, please do so and share your reports with us on the message board.

Tomorrow, Martina will be on Martha Stewart's show. Please check your local listings for timings. You can watch a short preview clip of Martina's appearance on Martha's website here.

This weekend, Martina also praticipated in the Pro/Celebrity race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach where she finished an impressive 3rd! Well done, Martina! I couldn't find any articles on the race with quotes but there are pictures available. Check out Getty Images and two from Reuters and one from the Associated Press on Yahoo! News.

In other developments, Martina explained her renewed association with the Rainbow Card in this article from the Bay Windows newspaper of Boston. You can visit the official website of the Rainbow Card here.

I just noticed this recently. The SPRI website has a nice section on Martina and the products recommended by her.

Martina's next tournament will be the J&S Cup in Warsaw which begins May 1.

Martina on The Early Show

You can watch a clip of Martina's appearance on CBS' Early Show today at this link.

For the transcripts of her appearance on CNN's American Morning, click here.

Martina on the Today Show

You can watch Martina's appearance earlier today on the Today Show on the official website here. You need to have Internet Explorer as your browser to watch the video. It doesn't work with Firefox...

Martina is on CBS' Early Show tomorrow and American Morning on CNN.

Rodale, the publisher of Martina's new book, have the entire first chapter of the book, up on their website. Click here to read it.

Once again, click here for the comprehensive listing of Martina's upcoming appearances to promote "Shape Your Self".

Oh and by the way, Martina and Liezel lost their final match in Miami yesterday at the Nasdaq-100 Open, losing 6-4 7-5 to Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur. Martina and Liezel were up 5-2 in the second set but inexplicably lost 5 games in a row. For the transcripts of the post-match press conference, click here. And there are a few photos available on Getty Images and two from the Associated Press.

Semis in Miami

Martina & Liezel won their semifinal match yesterday, coming back from behind to defeat the #8 seeds, Shinobu Asagoe and Katarina Srebotnik 6-7 6-1 6-3. Martina & Liezel wasted three set points in the opening set but turned things around after that. This is Martina's first final in Miami in 19 years. They next face the ultimate test in the final against the #1 doubles team in the world, the top seeds, Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.