Tennis

LONDON — First came the victory in the Tour de France. Then there were the stacks of medals at a dazzling Olympics at home.

LOS ANGELES — As an umpire for decades on some of tennis’s biggest stages, Lois Goodman mixed it up with John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer and the Williams Sisters.

Already in New York City for next week’s U.S. Open where she was to serve as a line judge, the 70-year-old Goodman was met Tuesday with a felony arrest warrant from her hometown of Los Angeles, where police and prosecutors say she beat her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee mug in April.

The Bonneville High girls tennis squad is off to a fast start to the 2012 season with an impressive 3-0 run at the Cache Valley Tournament.

In Saturday’s tourney, Bonneville topped Maple Mountain 4-1, Mountain Crest 4-1 and Bear River 5-0 to win the gold division.

Many local teams are competing in the Ogden and Ben Lomond invitationals this Saturday, while some teams will travel to St. George for a big invitational.

OGDEN — Weber State University director of athletics Jerry Bovee recently named Brad Ferreira as the new head coach of the Wildcats’ men’s tennis team.

Ferreira replaces Jared Burnham, who left WSU after serving as the head coach for the previous eight seasons.

“We are excited to have found a coach of the caliber of Brad Ferriera, and we are pleased to have him rejoin the Wildcat family,” said Bovee. “He was a great player here; he has been a great professional in this state for many years, and he is a great addition to our program.

SOUTH OGDEN — Several champions were crowned in the Ogden Junior Tennis Championships on Saturday as boys and girls divisions wrapped up their finals at Ogden Athletic Club.

WIMBLEDON, England — Racket bag slung over her shoulder, resignation written across her face, Venus Williams weaved through fans milling about on the sidewalks that players must traverse to get from Court 2 to the Wimbledon locker rooms.

The 32-year-old Williams had just absorbed a lopsided first-round loss at the Grand Slam tournament she once ruled, a poor performance that raised questions about how much longer she will keep playing tennis while dealing with an energy-sapping illness.

She trudged by as her hitting partner, David Witt, was saying: “It’s tough to watch sometimes. I think everybody sees it. I don’t know what else to say.”

PARIS -- While a bank of photographers took pictures for posterity and the front pages of the world, Rafael Nadal lovingly studied the champions' names -- the likes of Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer and, of course, his own -- engraved on the base of the French Open trophy. A huge grin dawned on his face like sunrise. He looked like the happiest person on the planet.