Ostrava, Czech Republic: Defending champions Czech Republic took a commanding 2-0 lead over Italy after Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Lucie Safarova won the opening singles matches of their Fed Cup semi-final series on Saturday. Safarova defeated Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (3), 6-1 to give the Czechs a 1-0 lead before Kvitova used her attacking play to double the advantage by beating Sara Errani 6-4, 6-3 to move the Czechs within...
03:12 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Charleston, South Carolina: Venus Williams kept up with sister Serena by winning a third-round match at the Family Circle Cup, moving one step closer to an all-Williams semi-final. Venus and Serena both reached the quarter-finals of the Family Circle Cup on Thursday with straight-set victories. Venus defeated Anastasia Rodionova 7-5, 6-2 on center court shortly after Serena ousted Marina Erakovic, 6-2, 6-2. Should the sisters win on Friday, it would...
01:09 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Indian Wells, California: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic defeated Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open on Monday, improving his match record to 12-1 this year, but No. 8 Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick were knocked out. Djokovic broke Anderson's serve once in each set playing in the heat of the day at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where he won in 2008 and last...
08:58 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Dubai: Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland won her eighth career WTA title on Saturday, defeating Julia Goerges of Germany 7-5, 6-4 in the Dubai Tennis Championships final. Radwanska will rise one place to a career-best No. 5 when the world rankings are updated on Monday. The fifth-seeded Radwanska led in both sets but it took her almost two hours to overcome the unseeded Goerges, who ousted defending champion Caroline Wozniacki the...
11:26 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Dubai: Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki reached the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday, while US Open champion Sam Stosur was beaten by Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Caroline Wozniacki ousted Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-5 in a meeting of former No. 1s, after Jankovic had beaten Stosur 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday. The 22-year-old Wozniacki eased through the first set and then overcame tougher resistance in the second before...
08:48 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Melbourne: Victoria Azarenka had produced one of the most lopsided Australian Open final victories to capture a Grand Slam title and the No. 1 ranking for the first time. She started celebrating on Rod Laver Arena, then suddenly did a double-take to ask her coach, "What happened?" The answer: She routed three-time Grand Slam winner and 2008 Australian champion Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-0 in 1 hour, 22 minutes on Saturday...
03:50 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Melbourne: Serena Williams lost at the Australian Open for the first time since 2008, struggling with her serve and hitting too many unforced errors in a shocking 6-2, 6-3 fourth-round defeat to Ekaterina Makarova. Williams was surprised by the power of the groundstrokes coming back at her on Monday from the Russian left-hander, who at No. 56 was the lowest-ranked woman to make the fourth round of the season's first...
11:11 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Melbourne: Serena Williams' 17-match winning streak at the Australian Open ended on Monday in a stunning 6-2, 6-3 loss to Ekaterina Makarova, the lowest-ranked woman in the fourth round. The dominant force at Melbourne Park this century, Williams had lost only two matches at Melbourne Park since winning the first of her five Australian Open titles in 2003. After losing in the 2008 quarter-finals, she won titles in 2009 and...
09:31 AM, Jan 23, 2012
Both men's and women's single titles were won by Chinese players. ...
03:06 AM, Aug 17, 2009
The winner will be crowned the new world number one. ...
12:18 AM, Jan 31, 2009
18-year-old Saina thrashed Russian Ella Karachkova 21-9, 21-8 in 28 minutes. ...
09:15 PM, Aug 09, 2008
Justine Henin has clearly dominated the US Open this year and now she will play Svetlana Kuznetsova in the finals. ...
11:36 AM, Sep 08, 2007
Nicole Vaidisova crushed Tathiana Garbin 6-3 6-1, while Serena Williams beat Dinara Safina 6-2 6-3 and Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Shahar Peer. ...
04:40 PM, Jun 03, 2007
The Indian tennis challenge at the Asiad started on a low, as Sania Mirza lost in the final of the women's singles. ...
03:26 PM, Dec 13, 2006
Sania Mirza stormed into the final of the women's singles at the Asiad with a thrashing of top seed Li Na of China. ...
03:34 PM, Dec 12, 2006
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