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  • Jennifer Capriati charged with stalking, battery

    Jennifer Capriati in 2012. (Getty Images)Jennifer Capriati, now 36, has had a tough road since her days as a teen tennis prodigy and a stint atop the world rankings. Although she's a three-time major winner and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she's had difficulties off the court, with arrests ranging from shoplifting to marijuana possession.

    And the problems continue. Capriati now faces battery and stalking charges in Palm Beach County, Florida stemming from an incident with an ex-boyfriend on Valentine's Day. According to North Palm Beach police, Capriati approached her ex-boyfriend, Ivan Brannan, at a gym and began screaming at him. When he tried to leave by going to the men's locker room, Capriati allegedly blocked his path and punched at his chest. The summons indicates that she "actually and intentionally touch[ed] and [struck]" Brannan and "willfully, maliciously and repeatedly follow[ed], harass[ed]" him.

    According to county records, Capriati has been summoned to appear before a judge on April 17. However, she has not been arrested.

    Capriati's summons is linked below.

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  • TwitterWhile Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn might have stole the headlines this week for power athletic couple, there is still Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki.

    Wozniacki made it to the finals of last week's BNP Paribas Open, losing to Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2, and while she might not have been all smiles after that, she sure was at the player's party on Tuesday night at the Sony Open in Miami.

    Caroline posted the picture above to her Twitter on Wednesday, showing us her best McIlroy impersonation while standing next to her beau. Wozniacki is in the field this week while McIlroy skipped out on the Arnold Palmer Invitational also in Florida.

    I think she looks pretty good with the wig, almost like a dark-haired "Annie" standing next to Mr. McIlory.

    Your thoughts?

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  • LMFAO star will attempt to qualify for U.S. Open

    Getty ImagesIf you've paid attention to the WTA recently, you've probably seen a guy with some goofy hair and interesting wardrobe following Victoria Azarenka around.

    That guy is LMFAO's Redfoo, her boyfriend and tennis fanatic. How obsessed is the musician with the game? So much that he's attempting to qualify for the U.S. Open this year ... as a player.

    Redfoo has signed up to play in the USTA Northern California Sectional qualifying tournament in California and is attempting to make it to the bright lights of New York in both singles and mixed doubles. Redfoo will play under his real name, Stefan Gordy, and will be going at it in mixed doubles with 17-year-old Ayaka Okuno, who Redfoo coaches at the game.

    ''It's always been a dream of mine to play professional tennis,'' Redfoo told the Associated Press.

    So what are Redfoo's chances at getting into the final Grand Slam of 2013? You tell us. Below is a video of his skills at the BNP Paribas Showdown this year at Madison Square Garden, when

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  • Rafael Nadal — Getty ImagesIt's true that on Thursday night at the BNP Paribas Open Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer on a court that featured two guys with a combined 28 Grand Slams between them. And it's true that the tennis world, and sports world, looked on to see how Nadal would come out in his first huge match since his return from a knee injury that kept him out of last year's U.S. Open and this year's Australian Open.

    But nothing else really looked like what we've come to expect from a Nadal versus Federer match. Federer was battling an ailing back and Nadal seemed to be finding his groove on the toughest surface his knees will face and right from the start it seemed like what we hoped would be an epic non-Grand Slam match was simply going to be a great champion far from 100 percent going up against a younger legend finally getting healthy.

    Nadal won the match 6-4, 6-2, dominating the entire match to the point that it wasn't even entertaining, if that is possible when these two face each other. In just

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  • Andy Murray was not a fan of Carlos Berlocq’s grunting

    If there is one thing we're used to in women's tennis, it's the loud sounds that come from either side of the court. Maria Sharapova made them famous, Serena Williams uses her grunting as a form of intimidation and it's pretty universal at this point.

    But men's tennis? The yells are becoming a thing of the present and Andy Murray isn't a fan.

    In his fourth-round match against Carlos Berlocq, Murray lost it after being broke in the first set, telling chair umpire Steve Ullrich that the noises were "ridiculous."

    "It’s ridiculous. He’s grunting and I’m still hitting the ball. It’s a joke," Murray said as he sat in his chair. "Absolutely ridiculous. His grunting is ridiculous. Never heard anything like it on the men’s tour before. Never."

    Murray went on to win the match 7-6 (4), 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals, but was Murray right about the grunting? Watch video below of the entire match and let us know what you think. Were the noises justified or was Murray right to be upset?

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