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Jul 2, 2009 3:52 pm US/Eastern

Billie Jean King Cup Returns To NYC

NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 5: Serena Williams won the innaugural Billie Jean King Cup. (File)
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Click to enlarge 2 of 5: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia returns a forehand during the final match of the BNP Paribas Open on March 22, 2009 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California
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Click to enlarge 3 of 5: Venus Williams returns a ball to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic during their match on Day 7 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships at the All England Club on June 29, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 4 of 5: Jelena Jankovic of Serbia plays a forehand in her fourth round match against Marion Bartoli of France during day seven of the 2009 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Jan. 25, 2009, in Melbourne, Australia.
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Click to enlarge 5 of 5: Billie Jean King hits backhand return to Bobby Riggs in "The Battle of the Sexes" tennis match. (AP)
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Four top women's tennis players will again face off in a one-night tournament at Madison Square Garden for the Billie Jean King Cup.

Sponsor BNP Paribas announced Thursday that the event will be played March 1. Serena Williams won the inaugural title earlier this year with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over sister Venus.

The field also included Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic.

The four 2009 Grand Slam winners will be invited to participate in next year's tournament. Serena Williams has already won the Australian Open and Svetlana Kuznetsova the French Open.

The event features a no-ad scoring, one-set semifinal and a best-of-three final.

The Cup was named after now-retired tennis player Billie Jean King, who won 12 grand slam singles titles and 16 grand slam doubles titles.

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