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Serena Williams is singularly well-suited to compete against male players Nikolay Davydenko's an admirably steady player, but not terribly compelling Donald Young's victory at the Calabasas Challenger was a positive sign Serena...
There is an old adage that says, “a woman is never in a hurry and a man is never surprised.” It doesn’t apply to women’s tennis and the Sony Ericsson Championships, which begin in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. By having its...
MOSCOW: Italy’s Francesca Schiavone, the last seed in the women’s tournament, cruised comfortably into the women’s Kremlin Cup final with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Ukraine’s Alona Bondarenko here on Saturday. In ...
Serb Jelena Jankovic lost to Russian Alisa Kleybanova in the Kremlin Cup The defending champion slipped to a 6-4 6-3 to miss out on a semifinal place Jankovic had already secured a place at the WTA Championships in Doha Kim...
LUXEMBOURG - Patty Schnyder beat Kim Clijsters 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) to reach the Luxembourg Open quarter-finals on Thursday. The former Swiss star punished Clijsters for her 11 double faults in the two-hour match and imposed the...
AFP Yanina Wickmayer kept Belgian hopes alive at the WTA tournament on Friday as the world number 20 defeated compatriot Kirsten Flipkens 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-1 to reach the semi-finals. Wickmayer, who had seen countrywoman, and US...
Kim Clijsters suffered a surprise defeat to Patty Schnyder in the second round of the BGL Luxembourg Open. The Belgian former world No.1, who made a memorable return from retirement with victory at the US Open last month, lost...
LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- Yanina Wickmayer beat France's Alize Cornet 7-5, 7-6 (6) to reach the quarterfinals of the Luxembourg Open. The winner of last week's Linz tournament will play fellow-Belgian Kirsten Flipkens on Friday. U.S....
There was a shock in the women's draw of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow as third-seed Agnieszka Radwanska crashed out to Russian Maria Kirilenko. The Pole had little success on her serve with Kirilenko claiming a straightforward 6-3...
Belgium has Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, Serbia has Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, China has Li Na and Zheng Jie. Like women going off to powder their noses on a night out, female tennis players often seem to be in...
