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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.
Serena Williams quickly established superiority at the final event of the season as the top seed and world No. 1 beat German eighth seed Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-1.
The two-time Wimbledon champion doubles team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic will re-form for 2014 in hopes of recreating the past less-than-optimal results with other partners in 2013.
Former Acapulco champion Sara Errani has decided to play the International Series tournament in Shenzhen, during the first half of 2014 instead of defending her title in Acapulco.
Jelena Jankovic hasn't exactly been to hell and back since she soared to the No.1 ranking in 2008, but she hasn't exactly been able to maintain a heavenly level, either.
Serena Williams has every intention of trying to maintain her current run of form, with the 32-year-old boldly hinting that she even has the chance to play on to age 40.
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.
Former champion Petra Kvitova was among the first to arrive for this week's WTA Championships in Istanbul, with the Czech more than happy to be back in the thick of the wrap-up week after being unable to complete the event a year ago.
Serena Williams is the overwhelming favorite to become the first player to successfully defend the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships title since Justine Henin in 2007 but the world no.1 maintains she has been placed in the toughest group for round robin play throughout the week in Istanbul.
Jelena Jankovic maintained her decision to take on elder brother Marko as her permanent coach was the catalyst for her 2013 comeback that has seen her qualify as one of the world’s top eight for the first time since 2010 in the season-ending TEB BNP Paribas–sponsored WTA Championships in Istanbul.
The Women’s Tennis Association announced that Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki and USA’s Sloane Stephens are the singles alternates at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships, to be staged at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, from October 22-27, 2013. Wozniacki will be the first alternate and Stephens the second.
Stacey Allaster, chairman and chief executive of the WTA will leave the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships in Istanbul before
Richard Gasquet, we have good news and bad news for you.
The good news is, of course, that he won the title here. It's the tenth title of his career, and his third of 2013. That matches the best previous year of his career, in 2006.
Former champion Petra Kvitova was among the first to arrive for this week's WTA Championships in Istanbul, with the Czech more than happy to be back in the thick of the wrap-up week after being unable to complete the event a year ago.
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