World No.7 Svetlana Kuznetsova has become the sixth singles player to qualify for the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.

The Russian joins previously qualified Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Dinara Safina, Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva.

Kuznetsova has earned enough race points to qualify by reaching the quarterfinals last week at the Kremlin Cup.

Vera Zvonareva, Venus Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska have the best chances to grab the remaining two spots in the weeks leading to the prestigious Sony Ericsson Championships. (photo: Getty Images)

Venus and Serena Williams are serving up champion style in the November issue of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

The sisters, who have 16 Grand Slam singles titles between them, posed in high heels and dresses by designers such as Louis Vuitton, Versace, Ralph Lauren and others. Read more »

Top seed Jelena Jankovic fell 5-7 6-3 6-3 to world No.17 Flavia Pennetta in the second round of the Tennis.com Zurich Open and lost her first in 13 matches.

Pennetta has never before beaten Jankovic, and they had played five times before this Zurich meeting. Additionally, the 26-year-old Italian today defeated a number one player in the world for the first time.

Jankovic, who won three straight titles heading into the Tennis.com Zurich Open, beat Pennetta in straight sets last week at the Kremlin Cup after the Italian had knocked out Venus Williams.

The Serb has never made it past the second round at the Zurich Open in four tournament appearances. (photo: Getty Images)

Former world number four Jelena Dokic has been given a wildcard to enter the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in Austria.

The organizers of the Generali Ladies Linz decided to hand Dokic a wildcard because they wanted to give their share in returning the Serbian-born Australian player to the major tennis scene.

The 25-year-old Dokic played in the final of the Tier II tournament in Linz in 2001 when she lost to American Lindsay Davenport.

Dokic played only one match in 2007, but managed to climb to No.181 in the rankings. This season Dokic won three ITF titles: Florence, Caserta and Darmstadt.

The $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz starts October 20th. (source in Serbian: Mondo)

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic has won German Tennis Magazine's Michael Westphal Award which is given to the best tennis personality each year as voted for by readers.

Ivanovic is the first women’s tennis player to receive the award named after German tennis player Michael Westphal who tragically died at the age of 25.

In March the tennis star also won the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award (voted for by players), while in July she was named Women's Tennis Player of the Year 2008 by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). (source: Ana Ivanovic's website)

Third seed Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Tennis.com Zurich Open with a 6-3 6-4 win over Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine.

The world No.33 Bondarenko, who saved a total of five match points to move into the second round of the Zurich Open, succumbed to Williams despite having chances to break the American on several occasions.

Here’s why Bondarenko couldn’t convert any of her four break points: "When the points became important I was winning those, especially on my serve," said Williams.

The world No.9 Williams will next play Italian Francesca Schiavone, who beat Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-3 7-5. (source: BBC, photo: Getty Images)

Serena Williams was spotted on the Hawaiian waves, surfing with her rapper boyfriend Common.

The tennis star is currently on a break from the WTA Tour, nursing an ankle injury. Haha, I didn’t know surfing was good for healing ankles! Well, Maria Sharapova has already taught us that "injury" often means "don't want to play".

Serena exchanged playing tennis for riding on the waves of love. Who can blame her.

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Seventh seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia was upset in the first round of the Tennis.com Zurich Open by Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 3-6 6-3 6-2. Sixth seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland lost to qualifier Petra Kvitova 6-4 3-6 6-4.

The world No.66 Niculescu won 10 of the final 13 games with her left thigh heavily strapped.

Chakvetadze was the second seeded player to lose at the Tennis.com Zurich Open as eighth seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia fell to Maria Kirilenko of Russia on Monday.

Later on Tuesday, Schnyder was upset by the world No.57 Kvitova of the Czech Republic, in three sets like Chakvetadze.

Other today’s results: Italy’s Francesca Schiavone beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 7-6(3) 6-2, and Marion Bartoli of France defeated Hungarian Agnes Szavay 6-4 6-0. (via IHT, photo: chakvetadze-anna.com)

Jelena Jankovic is currently the top-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, for a second week in succession, and judging by the present situation, she’ll most probably keep that prestigious spot until the end of this year regardless of results to come.

The 23-year-old Serb first reached the No.1 spot in August, but, disappointingly, occupied it for only one week. However, Jankovic proved she deserves to be top-ranked without a doubt when she won three straight singles titles (Beijing, Stuttgart, and Moscow).

Jankovic has built enough of a lead on her rivals, and is now expected to hold the No.1 position for much longer. Still, the projection that she’ll ride out of the year as No.1 is based on a couple of assumptions. Read more »

It’s been a while since we featured the odd tennis couple Nicole Vaidisova and Radek Stepanek. Just in case you’ve been wondering are they still together, they apparently are.

The 19-year-old Nicole and her boyfriend Radek attended the Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid player party together, and here's the photo proof.

Reminder: Here are some previous captures of the tennis pairing: in Beijing, Rome, Indian Wells, and Prague, I believe.

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