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Click here to see the ladies' preview and order of play from Osaka & Tiajin.
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.
Click here to see these great EPA photos from the China/Japan Open.
Seeds had it sweet with run of victories for favored players with No. 1 Serena Williams leading off with a defeat of Tsvetana Pironkova 6-2, 6-3, It was a similar outcome for second seed Simona Halep, whose game has gone off the boil since her surprise French Open final. The Romanian won her second-round contest over Zhu Lin of China 7-5 6-4.
Rafael Nadal returns to TennisTV on Tuesday as he makes his comeback from injury at the China Open in Beijing, alongside Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych. Plus, WTA Premier action from the China Open and more ATP World Tour tennis at the Rakuten Japan Open in Tokyo. Follow @TennisTV for the latest updates.
Click here to look at the key events for the week of September 29.
Click here to see the latest ladies' draws and tomorrow's schedule from the China Open.
Missing among all the great headlines at the Red Rock Pro Open in Las Vegas this week was how the 24-year-old worked her way through the draw without dropping a set, including a dominating performance on Sunday in a 6-1, 6-4 final win over rival Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal to capture the $7,600 winner singles check at the USTA Women’s $50,000 Pro Circuit event played at the Red Rock Country Club.
We exaggerate, slightly, but in all likelihood, this will be the week the WTA Race ends. Beijing is worth 1000 points, and it's mandatory, meaning that it's worth about twice as much to the players as every other event. And with the top nine players, minus Li Na, qualifying for Singapore, and a big, big gap between #9 and #10, chances are very good that things will be over after this.
Click here for the draws & results from the China Open in Beijing, China.
For the third time in as many meetings, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) was defeated in straight sets by world no. 3 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic on Saturday in the final of the Wuhan Open, a WTA Premier 5 event in China. / Pour la troisième fois en autant de rencontres, Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) s’est inclinée en deux manches face à la Tchèque Petra Kvitova, troisième mondiale, cette fois, en finale de l’Open de Wuhan, une épreuve de catégorie Premier 5 de la WTA présentée en Chine.
Click here for the latest news and draws from the Wuhan Open.
Click here to see the draws and tomorrow's schedule from the China Open in Beijing.
The world’s best female tennis players have been full of praise for the organisers of the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open during a successful inaugural tournament in the central Chinese city.
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