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The long-running 13-year boycott of the Indian Wells Masters by the Williams sisters goes on after Serena announced that she had considered - and rejected - an appeal to return to the tournament.
Sloane Stephens is still struggling with the wrist injury she suffered at Hopman Cup, with doctors yet to figure out the problem.
Although the tennis world’s current star names such Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were hired for undisclosed figures believed to be in excess of $2 million each for their services in the International Tennis Premier League in Sunday’s Dubai-based draft...
Click here to see the results and order of play from the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Serena Williams admits that if it had been her suffering with Sjogren’s Syndrome rather than big sister Venus, she would have almost certainly retired from top flight tennis, or at best just played doubles.
Legendary coach Nick Bollettieri is said to have led life with the intensity of a fifth set tiebreaker. In his new autobiography “Bollettieri: Changing the Game,” he tells all, from his humble beginnings in a suburb of New York to his triumphs on the center courts at Wimbledon, the French Open, the Australian Open and the US Open.
It's interesting to realize that Serena Williams can't add any points here -- her results are so strong that a mere Premier title doesn't count for her! She drops Jelena Jankovic to #8 -- meaning that Simona Halep, despite her injury, will be hitting a new high of #7.
Agnieszka Radwanska still believes she can win a major, even though she keeps falling short. The Pole was the runner-up at 2012 Wimbledon and just shocked two time Australian Open defending titlist Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals in Melbourne but that did not have enough energy left to fight Dominika Cibulkova in the semis.
When she first came on tour, Sloane Stephens was one of the most delightful, funniest and media accessible players on tour. But no more.
While younger forces such as defending champion Petra Kvitova, 2012 winner and world no.3 Agnieszka Radwanska and other top 10 players Sara Errani, Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber have all been early casualties at the Dubai Duty Free Championships...
Is Agnieszka Radwanska already running out of gas this year? She made the Australian Open semifinal, and also the semifinal at Doha -- but she was seeded for the final, and here she is out again, half a week later. She'll stay #3, but she loses the chance to open a significant lead on Victoria Azarenka...
In the space of just two days Simona Halep went from experiencing what she termed one of the best moments of her life to the anguish of not knowing when she will be able to play tennis again.
A quartet of current and former No. 1 players made winning starts, with top-ranked wild card Serena Williams leading the way. The winner of 11 title in 2013 who has never done better than the semi-finals in the Gulf, defeated Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (10-8), 6-0 in a hard-fought second-round battle at the Aviation Club after a bye.
Lucie Safarova produced 31 winners and broke serve five times in a defeat of former Australian open semi-finalist Sloane Stephens 6-3, 7-5, the second first-round loss in as many week for the American.
Click here to view the latest WTA results, order of play, and more from Dubai.
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