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Maria Sharapova looked strong in the first match of her title defense, but she is still only #7
China’s leading tennis ladies have confirmed their participation in the Shenzhen Open, as the official direct entry list is announced for the USD 500,000 WTA tournament, which takes place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center from December 29, 2013, to January 4, 2014.
China already has a Grand Slam singles champion in Li Na, but the country’s top singles player is aging and there is hope that Zhang Shuai will be the next player out of that country to have major impact on the tour.
Five years ago, this might have gone the other way. But Maria Sharapova has learned how to play on clay, and Zheng Jie is a little slower than she used to be.
Maria Sharapova no longer has any chance at the #1 Roland Garros seed, but she clearly still wants to show that she is the best clay player out there.
Rome, Italy May 13-19, 2013. $2,369,000/Premier, Red Clay/Outdoors
It would seem that no one, but no one, wanted to miss Dubai. At least among players already in the area for Doha.
It's all about lost pride in Australia after an historic collapse of national hopes over the first three days of the Open.
Two double-bagels in a row for Maria Sharapova.... For a player talking about being injured, she is doing amazingly well.
Auckland (Mon): Hampton Knocks Out Defending Champion In First Round
No word of big withdrawals from next week's WTA events. The one interesting bit of news is that the WTA is expanding this new tier of $125K events.
Osaka (Tues): Zheng Comeback Stuns Martínez Sánchez In First Round
Tokyo (Mon): Bartoli, Wozniacki & Ivanovic Into Second Round
Birmingham (Fri): Misaki Doi Beats Rain To Reach First QF
Birmingham (Thurs): Vinci Ends Watson's Hopes To Make QFs
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