Here’s the overview of Amelie Mauresmo’s 2008 Reebok outfits, the last retrospection of WTA players’ outfits this year. It’s especially dedicated to one of our first faithful readers, Claire, who really wanted to see her favorite player featured.

As you can see, the Reebok-clad Mauresmo didn’t sport many different designs during 2008. All her outfits were simple, and often she wore the same dress, just in different color.

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Jelena Jankovic is not the only one doing serious work in preparation for the 2009 tennis season. Amelie Mauresmo is training with new coach Hugo Lecoq and her personal website has a nice set of photos to prove the two-time Grand Slam champion is not about to retire yet.

I can't wait to see what the next season has in store for Amelie.

World No.20 Dominika Cibulkova defeated former No.1 Amelie Mauresmo in the first round of two successive tournaments.

The 19-year-old Slovak ended Mauresmo’s stay at the recent Toray Pan Pacific Open in the first round already, coming back from a first-set bagel and saving four match points. Today, Cibulkova repeated the upset in the first round of the China Open in Beijing taking the Frenchwoman out 3-6 6-4 6-3. (photo: cibulkova-dominika.com)

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova rallied to defeat former world number one Amelie Mauresmo of France 0-6 6-1 7-6 (8) in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Despite taking the first set without losing a game, leading 4-1 in the tiebreaker, and having four match points, Mauresmo was defeated by the Slovakian teenager.

"It's always frustrating to lose a match when you have match points and can't close it out," said the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion Mauresmo. "I let her get back into the match in the second set and it's disappointing to lose like that."

As for the fallen seeded players in the first round, eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze was upset by Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-4 3-6 6-3, while Francesca Schiavone stunned seventh seed Daniela Hantuchova 6-1 7-5.

Top seed Jelena Jankovic has a bye into the second round, as well as fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic, who is number two seed. (photo: cibulkova-dominika.com)

Number 16 seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy eased through to a matchup with Russian sixth seed Dinara Safina with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Amelie Mauresmo in the fourth round of the US Open.

Former world number one Mauresmo was struggling to find form for a long time, but has recently shown signs of getting back on track. In the match against Pennetta, however, Mauresmo produced 14 doubles and 40 unforced errors, and eased the Italian’s way into her first Grand Slam quarterfinals.

Safina and Pennetta have played each other four times, and all the encounters were won by the Russian. (source: Reuters, photo: Getty Images)