Defending champion Victoria Azarenka beat Serena Williams 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3 to win the Qatar Open on Sunday, earning her 16th title and ending a 10-match losing streak against the American. ...
08:25 AM, Feb 18, 2013
A day after securing the No. 1 ranking, Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova for a 10th straight time 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Qatar Open final on Saturday. ...
08:55 AM, Feb 17, 2013
Defending champion Victoria Azarenka reached the Qatar Open final Saturday by sweeping aside Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-3. ...
10:28 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The American is world number one for the sixth time in her storied career. ...
08:32 AM, Feb 16, 2013
Sharapova beat Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4 and will now either play Serena Williams or Petra Kvitova. ...
09:06 PM, Feb 15, 2013
If the 31-year-old Williams reaches the semi-finals by beating seventh-seeded Petra Kvitova she will return to No. 1 for the first time in 2½ years. ...
08:55 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Agnieszka Radwanska beat an error-prone Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 7-6 (6) to reach the Qatar Open quarterfinals. ...
10:24 PM, Feb 14, 2013
The defending champion was joined by fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Australian qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-2. ...
09:06 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova eased into the third round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday, dominating their opponents with straight-set victories. ...
11:42 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki and Ana Ivanovic eased into the second round of the Qatar Open with straight-set victories on Monday. ...
10:28 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Li Na has pulled out of next week's Qatar Open due to an ankle she injured in the Australia Open final. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 08, 2013
The 23rd-ranked Venus Williams has been hampered by back problems since the Australian Open. She missed the Open GDF Suez tournament and will skip the upcoming Fed Cup match against Italy because of the injury. ...
03:06 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Second-seeded Richard Gasquet overcame German qualifier Daniel Brands, while Nikolay Davydenko ousted top-seed David Ferrer. ...
09:57 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Gael Monfils lost to German qualifier Daniel Brands in the quarters, while David Ferrer advanced to the semis beating Paolo Lorenzi. ...
11:21 PM, Jan 03, 2013
Davydenko beat fourth-seeded Mikhail Youzhny 7-5, 6-3, while Monfils upset third-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. ...
11:04 PM, Jan 02, 2013
Doha: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus shook off a lingering ankle injury to win the Qatar Open on Sunday, routing Sam Stosur of Australia 6-1, 6-2. Azarenka earned her 17th straight victory and first title since replacing Caroline Wozniacki atop the rankings after winning the Australian Open. It was her third title overall in 2012. Azarenka showed no ill effects after twisting her left ankle in the semifinal against Agnieszka...
01:34 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Doha: Victoria Azarenka hobbled with an ankle injury to reach her first final as No 1, downing Agenieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 in the Qatar Open on Saturday. Azarenka expects to be OK to meet Sam Stosur in Sunday's final. Stosur advanced from her semi-final after Marion Bartoli retired with a right calf injury after losing the first set 6-3. Azarenka has won all five previous matches against the fifth-ranked Stosur,...
04:00 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Doha: When top-ranked Victoria Azarenka thinks about her newfound success, she might want to thank Daniela Hantuchova. She was beaten in the first round by the Slovakian at the Qatar Open a year ago, causing a crisis of confidence in the 22-year-old Belarusian. She rushed home, ready to tell her family that she wanted to quit the sport she had grown to despise. "It was just not fun for me...
05:12 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Doha: US Open champion Sam Stosur reached her first semi-final of the year by overcoming the unorthodox Monica Niculescu 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 at the Qatar Open on Friday. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka swept aside Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0, 6-4 for her 15th straight win to set up a semi-final clash with fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who beat Christina McHale of the United States 6-1, 6-1. After crashing out of...
05:03 PM, Feb 18, 2012
Doha: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka swept aside Simona Halep of Romania 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Qatar Open quarter-finals while Lucie Safarova dumped Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the tournament. Third-seeded Sam Stosur took advantage of shaky serving from Petra Cetkovska to win 6-3, 6-2 in the third round and earn her first back-to-back victories of the year, while fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska saved two set points in the first set on her...
12:52 PM, Feb 17, 2012
