NOT content to let their male counterparts enjoy all the fun in the sun in the Bahamas, this year's Mark Knowles Celebrity Invitational charity event set for December 2-5 has drawn three repeat female participants - Anna Lena Groenefeld, Sabine Lisicki and Olga Savchuk - and a new face, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, of the US Federation Cup team.

Mattek-Sands is one of the brightest tennis stars on the WTA Tour and at the perfect age of just 26, she is the future of American tennis. Mattek-Sands has been playing some of the best tennis of her career having reached an all time high singles ranking of No. 37 by the start of her 2009 season.

Despite battling some injuries throughout 2009, she is curre ...

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