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We wondered, after this was over, if Serena was having trouble with her knee. But she said otherwise, simply attributing the result to playing poorly. In term of scoreline, one of the poorest results of her career. And it means that, yes, the #1 ranking is still in play, although Maria Sharapova will have to step things up.
Check out these photos from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2014 in Singapore.
Sharapova’s fourth WTA title of the year ties her with Ana Ivanovic for second-most behind Serena Williams’ six. It is also the most WTA titles she has won in a season since she won five in 2006.
If Petra Kvitova feels like she's spinning her wheels, who can blame her? She's won eight straight matches, has a title and a final -- and she's still in danger of falling in the rankings! That sort of uncertainty is perhaps fitting after a very unpredictable contest on the court: "It's tough to say something about the match. I mean, it was really up and down.
Injured Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the exhibition International Premier Tennis League competition in Asia with his right wrist injury apparently still bothering him. The one-time No. 1 has not played since losing in the Wimbledon fourth round.
Caroline Wozniacki briefly built a 3-1 lead in the second set. That was the only part of the match to really seem competitive. Otherwise, Ana Ivanovic was in almost complete charge. It took her an hour and 39 minutes to win her fourth title of the season, following Auckland, Monterrey, and Birmingham.
What a way to celebrate China's newest big event: On the very day they hold the draw for their new Premier Five, China's best-ever player, Li Na, announces her retirement!
Click here to see the latest results from the 2014 US Open.
Grand Slam events are the tournaments that truly distinguish a player from being passable to being outstanding and though Ana Ivanovic won the French Open title and claimed the world no.1 ranking six years ago, she has struggled to maintain her reputation ever since.
Serena Williams beat Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-1, opening play with a win as she goes for a repeat title. But the winner was complimentary of her teenaged opponent. "I think it was an interesting match, she played really well, started out super strong," said Williams.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS. Lou Gehrig's disease. You've probably heard the name--or at least one of them--before. Now you are probably inspired to join the fight against it, and likely already have. That's because the ALS ice-bucket challenge has been sweeping the nation through social media over the past three weeks.
Ana Ivanovic had to be tired for this match -- she had played two and three-quarter hours the evening before. She had perhaps been sick. And she was facing Serena Williams on an American hardcourt.
This was a match of rather wild momentum swings. The first two swings are obvious, but in the third set, Serena Williams built a 5-2 lead, then almost let it slip away. That leaves Caroline Wozniacki at #11, and with no chance to rise above that at New Haven.
Tennis players got $105.1 million of the $142 million estimated to have been earned by the top 10 female athletes. Tennis players again dominate the Forbes ranking of the highest-earning female athletes, accounting for seven of the top ten.
The biggest names in women’s tennis are heading to Wuhan this September for the inaugural Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, which China’s fastest-growing city will host from 21st to 27th September 2014.
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