Andy Murray won his first tournament since appointing Ivan Lendl as his new coach with a straight sets demolition of third seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine in Brisbane Sunday.
Petra Kvitova came down to earth with a bump after beating Kim Clijsters to win the Paris Open as she crashed out in the first round in Dubai Tuesday.
Kim Clijsters stayed on course to win back to back grand slams but was not at her best in grinding out a 7-6 6-3 win over Alize Cornet of France in their third round match at the Australian Open Saturday.
Chinese tennis star Zheng Jie will miss January's Australian Open due to a persistent wrist injury.
Defending U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters stormed past Australia's Sally Peers in a comfortable straight sets victory, taking less than an hour to secure her place in the third round in New York.
Maria Sharapova continued her fine run at the WTA Bank of the West Classic in California with a straight sets win over Olga Govortsova of Belarus to reach the quarterfinals.
Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova gained revenge over China's Zheng Jie as she reached the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.
Maria Sharapova completed her French Open preparations with a straight sets win over Germany's Kristina Barrois to win the WTA tournament in Strasbourg on Saturday.
Maria Sharapova's return to the WTA circuit after injury ended with a straight sets defeat to Czech Lucie Safarova in Madrid while former world number one Justine Henin also made an early exit on Sunday.
World No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska has claimed the first semifinal place at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells after defeating Elena Dementieva on Wednesday.
Maria Sharapova has been hit by a new injury setback and will be sidelined for up to six weeks, according to the Russian's tennis star's personal Web site.
China's Li Na hit the heights earlier this year when she made it to the semifinals of the Australian Open, beating Venus Williams along the way.
Talk Asia: Li Na
updated: Wed Feb 17 2010 20:32:00
China's first top ten ranked tennis player, Li Na, is aiming to take Chinese tennis to the top.
CNN's Emily Chang has reaction in China to the unprecedented run by Li Na and Zheng Jie at the Australian Open.
For the first time this week two Chinese women made it to the final four of a grand slam tennis tournament. And although neither could advance to the final of the Australian Open, the progress of Zheng Jie and Li Na wowed audiences internationally and back home in China.
Serena Williams and Justine Henin took contrasting routes to a dream Australian Open final as they ended the Chinese challenge to the established order on Thursday.
China's Li Na rallied from a set down to stun sixth Venus Williams and reach the semifinals of the Australian Open.
Zheng Jie and Li Na have sent the whole of China into euphoria with their dominating form in the knockout stages at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Former world number one Justine Henin fought off a steep challenge from Russia's Nadia Petrova on Tuesday to secure a place in the Australian Open semifinals.
China's Li Na took down the No. 4 seed Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open on Monday in Melbourne, following compatriot Zheng Jie into the quarterfinals -- the first time Chinese women have made it this far in the season's first Grand Slam.
Former world number one Justine Henin won an all-Belgian clash with Yanina Wickmayer to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on a day in which second and third seeds Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova fell by the wayside.
The top two seeds, Dinara Safina and Venus Williams, have both been sent crashing in the second round of the Pan Pacific tournament in Tokyo on Monday.
World number one Dinara Safina crashed out of the WTA tournament in Los Angeles as Maria Sharapova battled back reach the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Alona Bondarenko.
Maria Sharapova took a step closer to her first tournament victory since January 2008 as she moved into the semifinals of the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships on Friday night.
World No. 1 Dinara Safina became the first player to qualify for the season-ending WTA Championships after winning her opening match at the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships in Carson, California.
Argentina's unseeded Gisela Dulko caused an upset on Centre Court with a battling win over former champion Maria Sharapova.
Beating the bestupdated: Wed Jun 24 2009 04:04:00
Zheng made history in 2008 making it to the semi final of Wimbledon and inspired a new generation of Chinese tennis stars.
As Wimbledon 2009 gets under way this week, sports commentators and tennis aficionados will closely watch China's tennis superstar, Zheng Jie.
Former world number one Ana Ivanovic was sent crashing from the AEGON International at Eastbourne after being beaten in three sets by seventh seed Nadia Petrova.
Maria Sharapova's comeback from injury continued with a comfortable victory over Darya Kustova of Belarus in the second round of the Warsaw Open on Wednesday.
In July 2008, a month before China grabbed the sporting headlines for the Beijing Olympics, Zheng Jie made her own bit of sporting history for China.
Venus Williams stayed on course for a semifinal showdown with her sister and world number one Serena with a straight sets win over fast-improving Alize Cornet of France in Dubai.
2007 champion Serena Williams marched into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-1 6-4 win over Shua Peng of China on Saturday.
Andy Roddick overcame a Davis Cup hangover and jetlag to reach the quarterfinals of the China Open, but top seed David Ferrer of Spain crashed out in Beijing.
World number two Jelena Jankovic continued her bid for the top women's ranking with an opening win in the China Open as Zheng Jie restored wounded local pride.
Roger Federer made up for the disappointment of missing out in the singles by winning his first Olympic gold medal as he teamed up with Stanislas Wawrinka to claim the doubles title on Saturday.
The top three seeds in the Olympics men's singles, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, all moved easily into the third round with convincing wins in Beijing on Tuesday.
World number one in waiting Rafael Nadal was given an Olympic wake up call by Italian journeyman Potito Starace before coming through in three sets in Beijing.
Five years since their last title matchup, the Williams sisters are back in the Wimbledon final with another Grand Slam championship -- and family bragging rights -- at stake
Serena Williams will face big sister Venus for the third time in a Wimbledon final after ending wildcard Zheng Jie's hopes of becoming the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final on Thursday.
China's Zheng Jie and Russian Elena Dementieva stand in the way of another all--Williams women's singles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.
Holder Venus Williams moved into the Wimbledon semifinals on Tuesday when she beat Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-4 6-3, firing family ambitions of a third title showdown against sister Serena.
Second seed Jelena Jankovic crashed out of Wimbledon when she was beaten 6-3 6-2 by Tamarine Tanasugarn in the fourth round on Monday.
After six days of play, here are our midterm grades from the 2008 version of Wimbledon:
China's Zheng Jie sent top seed and world number one Ana Ivanovic crashing out of Wimbledon in straight sets in an astonishing third round shock on Friday.
Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic launched her Wimbledon campaign with a 6-1 6-2 win over Rossana de Los Rios in her first match since winning the French Open title.
Russia will try to retain their grip on the Fed Cup when they take on the United States in the semifinals in Moscow this weekend.
Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova continued her outstanding start to 2008 with a straight sets victory over 25th seed Eleni Daniilidou of Greece in the WTA tournament at Indian Wells.
LONDON -- Grass-court season has arrived, and I couldn't be happier. Once June arrives, the clay-court shoes of spring are tossed aside in exchange for the pimpled-bottomed soles for the grass court of England.
Martina Hingis began her quest for a record fifth Pan Pacific Open title with a crushing 6-1 7-5 win over Australia's Nicole Pratt in Tokyo on Wednesday.
China's tennis chiefs are sounding out Chinese-American Michael Chang as a coach for the national team after the 1989 French Open winner expressed an interest in the job, state media said on Thursday.
France's world number one Amelie Mauresmo breezed into the quarterfinals of the China Open on Thursday with a 6-3 6-2 victory over local Sun Tiantian in Beijing.
Chinese third seed Zheng Jie upset world number 11 Anastasia Myskina 6-4 6-1 in the final of the Stockholm Open on Sunday, to claim her third career title.
Russian top seed Anastasia Myskina and China's Zheng Jie have won through to the final of the Stockholm Open.
Yan Zi and Zheng Jie became the first Chinese players to reach a grand slam tennis final as they won through in the Australian Open women's doubles on Wednesday.
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams was forced off court in Hong Kong for 11 minutes with a left hip problem before downing Indian teen Sania Mirza 6-3 6-3.
Top seed Lindsay Davenport overcame Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-2 7-6 to reach the semifinals of the New Haven Open in Connecticut on Thursday.
Kim Clijsters extended her winning streak to 16 matches when she defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-2 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Warsaw.
Lindsay Davenport and Serena Williams both struggled before advancing to the quarter-finals of the Dubai Open.
Second seed Amelie Mauresmo dispelled any concerns about her fitness with a clinical 6-2 6-3 win over in-form local Samantha Stosur at the Australian Open on Monday.
Former winner Jennifer Capriati has withdrawn from next week's Australian Open because of an injury to her right shoulder, organizers have announced.
Champion and top seed Serena Williams ironed out a number of Wimbledon wrinkles on Tuesday to reach the second round with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Zheng Jie.
Top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne and second seed Jennifer Capriati bucked the trend of losing seeds in the second round of the Qatar Open.
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