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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.
Rolex, Esurance, and Michelob ULTRA have signed on as Premier Sponsors of the BNP Paribas Open, the most-attended ATP World Tour and WTA tennis tournament in the world to be held March 3-16, 2014 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden...
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.
Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki has been trying out a coaching arrangement with Martina Hingis though the new grouping did not work particularly well at the WTA Dubai event.
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...
Nobu, Chop House, and Piero’s PizzaVino, restaurants opening in the new Stadium 2 on the concourse level overlooking the on-court action and the grounds, have unveiled their menus for the 2014 BNP Paribas Open, the most-attended ATP World Tour and WTA tennis tournament in the world...
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.
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced that Li Na and Peng Shuai have set new national records for Chinese tennis following their rise to career-high rankings in the latest WTA rankings released Monday.
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.
Petra Kvitova aimed to try and put aside a month of tennis torment as the 2011 Wimbledon winner vows to recover fitness in time for her title defence at the Dubai WTA tournament starting today.
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