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Victoria Azarenka's physical problems apparently were real. This was a contest for a semifinal spot, and it was really not very interesting -- Li Na said later that she thought Azarenka (who hurt her back in the first set, but who was already in trouble) would retire from the match.
Piotr Wozniacki has spent his last tournament as coach of his daughter Caroline and reports a big-name full time replacement will be named next week.
Jelena Jankovic is 1-1, which means she is tied in matches with Victoria Azarenka (although she has a better record in sets). The remaining White Group matchs are Li versus Azarenka and Jankovic versus Errani.
Russia finally managed to cobble together a team to face Italy in next week’s Fed Cup but the four times champions whose players dominated the WTA top 20 just a few years ago, have been reduced to naming 138th-ranked Alexandra Panova as the leading singles player.
Hardly a surprise, but it leaves Serena 2-0, meaning she is all but sure to make the semifinal. Agnieszka Radwanska is 0-2, which means she still hasn't overtaken Maria Sharapova in the contest for #3; she needs a win to take the #3 spot.
The Fed Cup is supposedly the foremost team competition in the female tennis world but while the currently fit top eight players are battling it out in this week’s TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul, next week’s Italy v Russia final in Cagliari, Sardinia is descending into farce.
Maria Sharapova's months-long shoulder injury absence from the WTA is starting to take on a life of its own - at least in Bulgaria, the home country of boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov.
This was a day of upsets, and for a little while, it looked as if our #1 seed might be one of them. He survives -- but it doesn't do him any good in the race or rankings yet; this is too small to count.
Maria Sharapova is not rushing her rehab program after the summer's shoulder injury, with the former No. 1 taking the chance to combine quality time with ATP love interest Grigor Dimitrov with rehab on her injury.
Surprisingly easy for Samantha Stosur, particularly given that she just flew in from Osaka. Kaia Kanepi is usually stronger than that, when she is able to play.
Maria Sharapova is not rushing her rehab program after the summer's shoulder injury, with the former No. 1 taking the chance to combine quality time with ATP love interest Grigor Dimitrov with rehab on her injury.
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki beat hometown player Mandy Minella 6-3, 7-6(2) to lead the tournament elite into the second round.
German Daniel Brands will aim for a long-odds upset after putting out local Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-4, 7-6 (7/5). The player who stunned Roger Federer in Gstaad last July next plays top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Russian Fed Cup Captain Shamil Tarpischev has been at his post for eons and has had great success overall, leading his team to four titles since 2004.
The Chinese city of Shenzhen is seeking either an ATP 500 or 250 level event. . . Maria Sharapova has scheduled December exhibitions in Bogota, Mexico City and Thailand. . .
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