The 33-year-old completed a career Grand Slam, and was the first woman to play on the US men's tour since 1945.
BBC: Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam of women's majors
The news means Great Britain are the second nation to book their place in next year's Games, after the US men's and women's teams won their respective world championships last year.
And frankly, the latest generation of US men has had the misfortune of playing during the prime years of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, two of the greatest ever to play the game.
FORBES: Are Reports of the Death of American Tennis Premature?
The authors share with us that men negotiate starting salaries four times more often than women.
FORBES: Think We've Cracked the Code on Gender Salary Equality in the Workplace? Think Again
Be sure that you take the research of McKinsey into account, which tells us that men more often build broad, shallow networks whereas women have narrower, deep networks, mainly composed of friends.
FORBES: Swim in Office Politics Without Drowning (Part 2 of 2)
That solemn responsibility is shared by us as human beings, by us as Americans, and by us as men and women of the Department of Defense, who could be asked, when the time comes, to act, to make sure that it never happens again.
For all of us French men and women, and particularly for the people of Normandy, when the President of the United States is standing on this ground, it is particularly significant, because, sadly, there are many young Americans who gave their lives for us, who rest on Normandy soil.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama and President Sarkozy at G8 Summit
Nobody, I think, would expect us to be where we are today when they met us as younger men.
Still, reporter Lars Hoel tells us that the men of the Mendelssohn Glee Club are sounding better than ever.
Because of this the US classified the men as unlawful combatants.
Once they arrive in the US, the men will be transferred to courts in New York and neighbouring Connecticut where the formal trial process will begin.
She visits the Brain Science Lab at Indiana University, which studies the hard- swimming members of the US Masters: men and women who swim 3, 500-5, 000 metres three to five times a week, sometimes for decades on end.
ECONOMIST: Lynn Sherr��s new book offers all the skinny on dipping
Now it is up to us to serve these brave men and women as well as they serve us.
WHITEHOUSE: Weekly Address: Honoring Those Who Served in Iraq
They serve as a reminder that all of us can do our part to serve the men and women who serve us.
We received many messages from men asking us to look at this taboo subject.
Why should we let some old Protestant men tell us how to write our language?
They gave us part of our men, they kept the rest until they got the reparations money.
We were both 22 years old at the time, but both of us felt like old men.
Their sacrifice reminds us all that our men and women in uniform, as well as their families, are our nation's greatest military asset.
WHITEHOUSE: The First Lady Announces New Funding for Military Families
Why are we so quick to point our finger at the men around us for the glass ceiling when a lot of us are not doing ourselves the service of crashing through it?
So the Yes Men and US Uncut not only benefitted from the timing of their stunt (just days before the Tax Day weekend) but the anti-corporate sentiment that had been stirring in certain precincts in the progressive community.
FORBES: The Method Activists: Why It's Hard to Say No to the Yes Men
The report further finds that an effort by the US to help women catch up with men in the labor market would boost the US GDP by 5 percent.
FORBES: Why Do Women Fare Better In the German World of Work Than In The US?
If the men would join us, we might be able to save the economy and the warming world as well.
So enjoy yourselves and thanks again for helping us to celebrate these extraordinary men and women of letters and the arts.
WHITEHOUSE: The 2010 National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Ceremony | The White House
Soon there were a dozen or so of these men, surrounding us, all wanting to find out what we were doing.
The plaintiffs allege that both men and the US defense establishment are responsible for the sexual assaults they suffered during their military service.
Gone are the days of immobile, tree-like big men on the US team who stand under the basket throwing elbows and shoulders and muscling for position.
应用推荐