Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic ill ahead of the Australian Open

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Tennis stars from Serbia, Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic, are welcoming the new season with tough losses and illness. Jankovic is lacking match practice ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year, having played...

Elena Dementieva wins ASB Classic for 12th singles title

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Elena Dementieva beat fellow Russian Elena Vesnina 6-4 6-1 at the ASB Classic in Auckland to win her first title of 2009, and 12th in her career. The top-seeded Dementieva had a slow start in...

Victoria Azarenka beats Marion Bartoli for first WTA singles title

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Second seed Victoria Azarenka defeated Marion Bartoli 6-3 6-1 in the final of the Brisbane International to claim her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles title. Prior to the final in Brisbane, the 19-year-old Belorussian...

Dominika Cibulkova defeats Dinara Safina, Slovakia wins Hopman Cup

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Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova and Dominik Hrbaty won the 2009 Hopman Cup with victory over the Russian brother-sister team of Dinara Safina and Marat Safin in Perth on Friday. Russia had been the favorites to win...

Venus Williams beats Anna Chakvetadze at Hong Kong exhibition

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Hard-hitting Venus Williams defeated Anna Chakvetadze 7-6(1) 6-3 at the JB Group Classic in Hong Kong, while Vera Zvonareva came from behind to beat Gisela Dulko 6-4 0-6 6-3 which means that Team Americas...

All-Russian final at the ASB Classic, Elena Dementieva vs. Elena Vesnina

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The final of the ASB Classic in Auckland will feature two Russians and two Elenas. It will be the 17th all-Russian singles final in Tour history. Elena Dementieva played eight of the previous 16,...

Mauresmo retires injured, Azarenka and Bartoli into Brisbane International final

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Second seed Victoria Azarenka beat Italian Sara Errani in the Brisbane semifinals, while Marion Bartoli advanced when Amelie Mauresmo retired hurt during the first set of their semifinal. "I'm obviously very happy - I just...

Is Jelena Jankovic really only not warmed up yet?

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As you know, world No.1 Jelena Jankovic was demolished by Venus Williams on Thursday at the JB Group Classic in Hong Kong. Knowing how tough Jankovic’s preparations were, it was natural for us to expect...

Serena Williams landed in Sydney, hamstring injury gone

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World number two Serena Williams has arrived in Sydney and will shake off the Christmas-New Year rust at the Medibank International. The American declared she was fully fit to start competing. "I don’t think I...

Venus Williams crushes Jelena Jankovic in Hong Kong

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Venus Williams was too strong for world No.1 Jelena Jankovic at the JB Group Classic in Hong Kong, defeating the Serb 6-2 6-2. Was Jankovic’s hard training during the off-season fruitful enough? This loss makes...
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