Moscow: Agnieszka Radwanska secured the last remaining spot in the season-ending WTA Championships without hitting a ball after Marion Bartoli retired from her Kremlin Cup quarter-final with an illness on Friday. Kremlin Cup organisers said the Frenchwoman was forced to withdraw from her match against Russia's Elena Vesnina after suffering from a viral infection. World number nine Bartoli was the only player with a chance of catching the eighth-ranked Pole,...
08:43 PM, Oct 21, 2011
Beijing: Chinese tennis star Li Na Thursday became the fifth singles player to qualify for the prestigious TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships at Istanbul Oct 25-30. She is the first Chinese singles player to book a spot on the WTA season-ending tournament. "This year has been the most successful of my career so far and I'm very happy to have qualified," said Li Na. "I'm proud to be the first...
02:03 PM, Oct 06, 2011
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11:55 PM, Oct 31, 2010
Doha: Vera Zvonareva ended Kim Clijsters' nine-match winning streak 6-4, 7-5 at the WTA Championships on Friday and secured the year-end No. 2 ranking for the first time. Zvonareva, yet to drop a set after three group matches in the elite event, ensured she will play No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals on Saturday. Clijsters will face Sam Stosur in the other semi. Earlier, Elena Dementieva surprisingly announced her...
09:09 AM, Oct 30, 2010
Wozniacki reaches semis and earns No. 1 ranking Doha: Caroline Wozniacki rolled up her sleeves and battled back from a set down to defeat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 at the WTA Championships on Thursday, sewing up the year-end world number one ranking. Also in the Maroon Group, Australian Samantha Stosur lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 to Russian Elena Dementieva but by winning the first set, booked her place...
08:55 AM, Oct 29, 2010
Doha: Samantha Stosur suffered a surprise 4-6 6-4 7-6 loss to Elena Dementieva at the WTA Championships on Thursday but did enough to book her place in the semi-finals of the $ 4.55 million tournament. Russian Dementieva had been blown away by world number one Caroline Wozniacki in her Maroon Group opener on Tuesday but delivered a far more assured performance against Stosur. "It was not easy to play tonight,...
11:46 PM, Oct 28, 2010
Doha: Sam Stosur upset Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday at the WTA Championships, keeping alive the race for the top ranking for at least one more day. Stosur, a runner-up at the French Open, played some of her most inspired tennis this year. The Australian used a powerful forehand and strong serve to rattle the normally consistent Wozniacki. Stosur finished a tight first set with a forehand winner and...
12:40 PM, Oct 28, 2010
The sisters faced each other across the net for the 22nd time in their careers. ...
07:20 PM, Nov 02, 2009
Serena's 6-2, 6-4 victory completed a 100 per cent record for the American. ...
11:21 AM, Oct 30, 2009
Dinara Safina was forced to quit in her opening round-robin. ...
05:38 PM, Oct 29, 2009
Wozniacki survived a three-hour battle against close friend Azarenka. ...
05:37 PM, Oct 29, 2009
Serena was spared a fight for the honour of ending the year as No 1. ...
05:36 PM, Oct 29, 2009
Serena Williams stayed on course to end the year as world number one. ...
01:07 PM, Oct 28, 2009
It was the first time Venus Williams had won the event. ...
07:26 AM, Nov 10, 2008
Visakhapatnam: A four-wicket haul by T Atchut Rao helped Andhra Pradesh defeat Tripura by 124 runs on the last day of the Ranji Trophy Plate division Group A tie here on Sunday. Chasing a target of 333, Tripura, struggling at an overnight score of 24 for five, were bowled out for 208 in 54.2 overs in their second innings. Atchut Rao and K.S. Sahabuddin, who claimed three wickets, broke the...
01:46 PM, Mar 19, 2008
Justine Henin-Hardenne clinched the year-end number one spot when she beat Maria Sharapova in the WTA Championships. ...
08:48 PM, Nov 11, 2006
Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova and Kim Clijsters joined Justine Henin-Hardenne in the semis of the WTA Championships. ...
03:38 PM, Nov 11, 2006
Maria Sharapova racked up her 18th win in a row with a win over Kim Clijsters in the season-ending WTA Championships. ...
10:57 AM, Nov 09, 2006
