Madden is the grand champion of bus riders, the winner of the lifetime achievement award.
Last year her student Trinh Tran won the title of seventh-grade grand champion in the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest the equivalent of the national spelling bee of handwriting.
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But Venus was well below her best too and, after she failed to serve out the match at 5-3 in the second set, the seven-time Grand Slam champion paid the price.
The 17-time grand slam champion relinquished the year-end top spot to Novak Djokovic when he decided not to defend his Paris title last week, having pushed his record tally to 302 weeks at the top.
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But when the 11-time Grand Slam champion heads to the hard courts for an official match later this week at Indian Wells, he doesn't know how his balky knee will respond.
The 11-time grand slam champion was tested for the second match in a row before defeating France's world No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in Saturday's opening semifinal in one hour and 36 minutes.
"It's great to win at home again, " said the 12-time Grand Slam champion, who also lifted the title in Basle a year ago at the venue where he got his start as a ballboy.
The four-time grand slam champion, currently ranked third in the world, will now become the new World No.2 when the revised standings are unveiled on Monday.
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Although Hewitt managed to break back in the eighth game of the third set, the 15-time Grand Slam champion simply broke again before closing out the win.
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Nadal, who had been sidelined for seven months, has now lost six of his 44 clay finals -- three of them to Djokovic, who will be hoping to stop the 11-time grand slam champion defending his French Open title when the season's second major starts at the end of next month.
The 11-time grand slam champion, who is now ranked fifth in the world as he continues his recovery from knee surgery, will play 128th-ranked Federico Del Bonis.
The new-look McLaren MP4-19 was slightly off the pace as defending Australian Grand Prix champion Coulthard was almost 1.5 seconds off the lead.
Gulbis served it out to win 5-7 6-3 6-4 to earn a crack at the 11-time grand slam champion.
The Briton, 23, played superbly as he beat the 16-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-2 in one hour and 25 minutes.
She threatened on Williams' next service game, but the 14-time grand slam champion won it to lead 4-1 before breaking Sharapova yet again.
In truth, Jankovic's final steps to victory had more to do with the 12-time Grand Slam champion's lack of concentration than her own mental fortitude.
The seven-time grand slam champion, elder sister of Serena, then paired with Isner to beat Johansson and Tsonga 6-7 6-2 10-8 in a tight deciding rubber.
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The three-time grand slam champion has suffered a string of injuries, culminating in serious shoulder surgery in October 2008 which saw her sidelined for nearly 10 months.
Williams has won 66 singles and doubles titles in her career, but the 14-time grand slam champion was a little unsure about where Cincinnati featured in her resume.
The 11-time grand slam champion is on a 15-match winning run having taken titles in Sao Paulo, Acapulco and Indian Wells and enjoyed a comfortable win, despite going 2-0 down in the second set.
Tsonga, making his first finals appearance in three years, had a 2-6 record against Nadal but took full advantage of the 10-time grand slam champion's apparent end-of-season fatigue as his aggressive approach paid dividends.
Federer came into the match as the firm favourite but, from the moment he was taken to deuce in game one, it was clear the 16-time Grand Slam champion was not going to have everything his own way.
The 10-time grand slam champion could face a semifinal against world No. 4 Andy Murray, who showed no sign of his worrying back problems on Saturday as he set up a last-16 clash with French 17th seed Richard Gasquet.
Murphy had been in Japan to ride Cenkos, who came third in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham, in the Nakayama Grand Jump.
Officially named Hedgelawn's Sharper Image, Mitch has achieved grand champion status in the dog world.
Bob Champion won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti, but their attempt at a repeat was ended at the first fence the following year.
But the nine-times grand slam singles champion quickly discovered his touch against Becker, best known for ushering Andre Agassi into retirement at the U.S. Open.
Much has changed since he suffered a miserable title defence in Australia, and he admits that the pressure of being a Grand Slam champion took its toll.
Having breezed through the opening set, five-time grand slam winner and defending Miami champion Djokovic was made to sweat in the second before sealing a 6-2 7-6 (7-1) success.
Spain's David Ferrer , his country's highest-seeded male in the absence of 11-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal, breezed past Olivier Rochus of Belgium in straight sets.
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