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Former world No. 1s Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki lit up the court at the Miami Masters on Thursday, but the lights went out on Agnieszka Radwanska and Marion Bartoli in the other women's semifinal.

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Andy Murray's consistent yearupdated: Mon Mar 26 2012 08:09:00

World Number 4 Andy Murray talks to CNN special interviewer Jamie Murray about his "consistent" 2011 season.

Azarenka shrugs off injury to reach Qatar finalupdated: Sat Feb 18 2012 17:51:00

Victoria Azarenka is through to the final of the Qatar Open after a straight sets victory over Poland's Aginezska Radwanska in Doha on Saturday.

Kerber emulates Graf with Paris Open triumph updated: Sun Feb 12 2012 14:14:00

Angelique Kerber became the first German since the great Steffi Graf to win the WTA Paris Open as she beat home hope Marion Bartoli in Sunday's final.

Top seed Sharapova crashes out of WTA tournament in Parisupdated: Fri Feb 10 2012 16:36:00

Top seed Maria Sharapova made a surprise exit from the WTA Paris Open when she was beaten in the quarterfinals Friday by German ninth seed Angelique Kerber.

Home favorite Bartoli into last eightupdated: Fri Feb 10 2012 04:51:00

Home favourite Marion Bartoli recovered from a sluggish opening set to take her place in the last eight of the Paris Open after beating Croatian Petra Martic.

Novak Djokovic targets more successupdated: Fri Feb 10 2012 04:51:00

Laureus sportsman of the Year Novak Djokovic talks to CNN's Pedro Pinto about the last year and his plans for 2012

Relieved Radwanska secures final WTA Championships place updated: Fri Oct 21 2011 17:55:00

Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska has secured the final place in the eight-strong field for the WTA Championships in Istanbul next week after illness ended the hopes of her closest rival.

Bartoli boosts Istanbul bid with Kremlin Cup winupdated: Thu Oct 20 2011 18:55:00

Marion Bartoli kept alive her hopes of qualifying for the season-ending WTA Championships by marching into the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday.

Murray claims Shanghai title to move above Federer in rankingsupdated: Sun Oct 16 2011 11:14:00

Andy Murray romped to his third straight ATP Tour title and took over as world number three from Roger Federer with a 7-5 6-4 win over Spain's David Ferrer in the Shanghai Masters final Sunday.

Serena ends trophy drought at Stanfordupdated: Sun Jul 31 2011 18:01:00

Serena Williams captured her first title in over a year as she breezed past Marion Bartoli in the Stanford Classic in California.

Serena overpowers Sharapova in Californiaupdated: Sat Jul 30 2011 18:33:00

Serena Williams produced a dominating performance to beat Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Stanford.

Dominant Sharapova powers into Wimbledon last fourupdated: Tue Jun 28 2011 16:59:00

Tournament favorite Maria Sharapova powered into the Wimbledon women's singles semifinals on Tuesday, crushing Dominika Cibulkova for the loss of just two games.

Williams sisters exit Wimbledon; World No. 1 Wozniacki also dumped outupdated: Mon Jun 27 2011 15:40:00

On a dramatic day at Wimbledon defending champion Serena Williams was dumped out of the tournament, along with her sister Venus and world number one Caroline Wozniacki.

Serena Williams into round 4 at Wimbledon as Schiavone stumblesupdated: Sat Jun 25 2011 15:37:00

Defending champion Serena Williams joined her sister Venus in the last 16 at Wimbledon on Saturday, but French Open runner-up Francesca Schiavone suffered a shock defeat.

Serena Williams begins comebackupdated: Sat Jun 18 2011 16:35:00

CNN's Ayesha Durgahee speaks to Serena Williams about recovering from a blood clot in her lungs.

Venus Williams: 'I'm here to win'updated: Fri Jun 17 2011 06:57:00

Venus Williams tells the WTA she is back and aiming to win and what it's like to have her sister Serena back.

History-maker Li Na to face Schiavone in French Open finalupdated: Thu Jun 02 2011 17:49:00

Li Na became the first Chinese player to reach the French Open final after a comprehensive victory over former world number one Maria Sharapova.

SI.com: Bruce Jenkins: Francesca Schiavone, Marion Bartoli blaze distinctive paths to French Open semifinalupdated: Tue May 31 2011 16:53:00

They come from worlds of their own, driven by passion, ingenuity and a competitive spirit. If you want to know what's missing in American women's tennis, be sure to catch Thursday's French Open semifinal between Francesca Schiavone and Marion Bartoli -- and take full notice of two women who dare to be different.

Bartoli next for defending champion Schiavone in Parisupdated: Tue May 31 2011 16:26:00

Francesca Schiavone kept alive her hopes of defending the French Open crown with a come from behind victory against Russian teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova at Roland Garros Tuesday.

Third seed Zvonareva sent crashing at Roland Garrosupdated: Sun May 29 2011 16:30:00

Third seed Vera Zvonareva has become the lastest big name to crash out of the French Open at Roland Garros, beaten in three sets by fellow-Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Hot Djokovic denies No. 1 Nadal in epic Indian Wells finalupdated: Mon Mar 21 2011 07:02:00

Novak Djokovic cemented his status as the hottest tennis player on the planet this year with a superb 4-6 6-3 6-2 victory over world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the final of the Masters Series event at Indian Wells on Sunday.

Djokovic aims to usurp Federer in Indian Wells semi showdownupdated: Sun Mar 20 2011 08:16:00

Novak Djokovic can move above Roger Federer in the world rankings by beating the 16-time grand slam champion in the semifinals of the Masters Series event at Indian Wells on Saturday.

Federer closes on Djokovic rematch; Nadal struggles into quartersupdated: Thu Mar 17 2011 08:13:00

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic moved closer to another classic showdown of tennis's old and new guard as both reached the quarterfinals of the Masters Series event at Indian Wells along with world No. 1 Rafael Nadal on Wednesday.

India level with Davis Cup holders Serbiaupdated: Fri Mar 04 2011 16:34:00

Davis Cup holders Serbia are tied at 1-1 with India after the opening singles rubbers, as they began the defence of their title in less than convincing fashion.

Bartoli and Safina go through in Malaysiaupdated: Tue Mar 01 2011 13:16:00

Second seed Marion Bartoli and former world number one Dinara Safina are both through to the second round of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Australian Open women's seed reportupdated: Fri Jan 14 2011 16:58:00

SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at the Australian Open. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses, and his predicted winners. Have your say here.

Clijsters battles into Sydney finalupdated: Thu Jan 13 2011 12:13:00

World number three Kim Clijsters overcame Russia's Alisa Kleybanova 4-6 6-3 7-6 in a two-hour 38 minute battle on Thursday to reach the final of the Sydney International tournament.

Roddick through to quarterfinals in Brisbaneupdated: Wed Jan 05 2011 11:59:00

Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced to the quarterfinals of the season-opening Brisbane International in Australia with a 6-4 6-1 triumph over Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov on Wednesday.

Pin-up girl Ivanovic caught short in Austrian culture shockupdated: Thu Oct 14 2010 17:41:00

Glamorous tennis star Ana Ivanovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies Linz tournament -- despite being penalized a game for taking too long in the toilet.

SI.com: Bruce Jenkins: Azarenka picking up momentum as U.S. Open approachesupdated: Tue Aug 03 2010 15:14:00

A few years back, there was a dog in my neighborhood who barked at everything. Barked at air, barked at life, barked at the price of eggs. All day long. I love animals, but this hound was driving me nuts, so I went on a search-and-silence mission.

Sharapova avenges Zheng defeat with opening Stanford victoryupdated: Wed Jul 28 2010 15:15:00

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.

SI.com: Bruce Jenkins: Serena gives masses every reason to question her sincerityupdated: Tue Jul 20 2010 17:31:00

I keep looking for the real story. Between Serena Williams's website, the WTA Tour site and wire service reports, there is nothing but mystery surrounding an injury that now requires surgery. Collectively, they've left everyone in the dark, which leads to a grim and familiar conclusion: Serena has the entire sport buffaloed.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon women's seed reportupdated: Sun Jun 20 2010 09:55:00

SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at Wimbledon. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to watch and his predicted winners.

Holder Kuznetsova stunned by Kirilenkoupdated: Fri May 28 2010 16:30:00

Holder Svetlana Kuznetsova has been dumped out of the French Open at the third round stage, beaten in three sets by fellow-Russian Maria Kirilenko.

Venus beats Bartoli to seal Miami final berthupdated: Fri Apr 02 2010 10:49:00

Venus Williams stretched her unbeaten run to 15 games after seeing off France's Marion Bartoli to book her place in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Federer edges into Miami fourth roundupdated: Tue Mar 30 2010 10:20:00

Roger Federer is through to the Sony Ericsson Open fourth round in Miami, after beating Frenchman Florent Serra in two tough tie-breaks.

Battling Sharapova reaches Tokyo quartersupdated: Wed Sep 30 2009 06:50:00

Maria Sharapova stayed on course for her first tournament victory since returning to the WTA Tour with a battling three-sets victory over Alisa Kleybanova in the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Clijsters' return well-timed for WTA Tourupdated: Thu Aug 13 2009 13:36:00

Let me be the 12,764th person to ask you: Does Kim Clijsters' win over 13th-ranked Marion Bartoli show how weak the women's game is today, or is Clijsters really that good a player to come back after a two-year absence and knock off a player who just beat Venus Williams in the Stanford final? -- Curious Fan, New York

Clijsters makes triumphant WTA comebackupdated: Wed Aug 12 2009 16:40:00

Former world number one Kim Clijsters made a triumphant return to tennis on Monday night beating 12th seed Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets at the WTA event in Cincinnati.

Clijsters preparing to make WTA comebackupdated: Mon Aug 10 2009 14:16:00

Former world number one Kim Clijsters makes her long-awaited return to the WTA Tour when she takes takes part in the Cincinnati hard-court tournament on Monday.

Tennis: Bartoli shocks Venus in Stanford finalupdated: Mon Aug 03 2009 14:51:00

Marion Bartoli of France upset hot favorite Venus Williams 6-2 5-7 6-4 to win the WTA tournament at Stanford in California.

Tennis: Serena crashes out, Venus in semisupdated: Sat Aug 01 2009 10:20:00

Top seed Serena Williams has crashed out of the Bank of the West Classic, but her older sister Venus reached the semifinals after thrashing Maria Sharapova.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: French Open women's seed reportupdated: Fri May 22 2009 14:11:00

SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at the French Open. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to watch and his predicted winners.

Dementieva profits from Cibulkova pull outupdated: Sat Apr 18 2009 11:32:00

Top seed Elena Dementieva stayed on course to claim the Family Circle Cup in Charleston as her Slovakian opponent Dominika Cibulkova was forced to pull out of their quarterfinal match through injury.

Venus sent crashing in Family Circle eventupdated: Thu Apr 16 2009 15:36:00

Wimbledon champion and former winner Venus Williams has crashed out in the third round of the Family Circle clay-court event in Charleston, South Carolina, losing in straight sets to Sabine Lisicki.

Dokic title dream is shattered by Safinaupdated: Tue Jan 27 2009 11:55:00

Dinara Safina apologised to the Melbourne crowd after ending Jelena Dokic's Australian Open dream -- and then begged for their backing in her semifinal against Russian rival Vera Zvonareva.

Serena, Kuznetsova head to quarterfinalsupdated: Mon Jan 26 2009 03:47:00

World No. 2 Serena Williams headed to the quarterfinals Monday after No. 13 seed Victoria Azarenka pulled out due to illness.

Jankovic downed in Australian Open stunnerupdated: Sun Jan 25 2009 08:01:00

World number one Jelena Jankovic slumped out of the Australian Open on Sunday with a shock 6-1 6-4 fourth round loss to Marion Bartoli of France, dashing her bid to win her first Grand Slam tournament.

Azarenka lands maiden WTA title in Brisbaneupdated: Sat Jan 10 2009 11:53:00

Victoria Azarenka has won her maiden WTA title after defeating Marion Bartoli of France in the Brisbane International women's final on Saturday -- the tournament's official Web site reports.

Mauresmo suffers Brisbane injury setbackupdated: Fri Jan 09 2009 13:53:00

France's Amelie Mauresmo is an injury doubt for the Australian Open after a thigh strain forced the former world number one to quit her semifinal at the WTA tournament in Brisbane.

Cibulkova continues fine run in Montrealupdated: Sun Aug 03 2008 08:55:00

Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova continued her remarkable run at the WTA Tier One tournament in Montreal with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 win over 10th-seeded Marion Bartoli in the semifinals.

Petrova and Radwanska in Eastbourne finalupdated: Fri Jun 20 2008 16:26:00

Russia's Nadia Petrova will face Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final of the WTA tournament in Eastbourne after both secured straight sets wins on Friday.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon women's seed reportupdated: Fri Jun 20 2008 11:37:00

SI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at Wimbledon. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to keep an eye on and his predicted winners.

Injured Ivanovic pulls out of Eastbourneupdated: Wed Jun 11 2008 14:40:00

Women's world number one Ana Ivanovic has pulled out of the WTA event in Eastbourne next week due to a muscle injury.

Mauresmo through as Daniilidou retiresupdated: Fri Feb 08 2008 04:45:00

Amelie Mauresmo of France needed less than 10 minutes to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Paris, advancing when Eleni Daniilidou quit the match because of the flu.

Top seeds go through in Paris Indoorupdated: Thu Feb 07 2008 13:03:00

Top seeds Anna Chakvetadze, Daniela Hantuchova and Marion Bartoli got off to winning starts by booking their places in the quarterfinals of the Paris Indoor Open.

Venus joins Serena in second roundupdated: Tue Jan 15 2008 10:08:00

Venus Williams joined her sister Serena in the second round of the Australian Open as she saw off a spirited challenge from China's Zi Yan in a night match at Melbourne Park on Tuesday.

Sharapova close to best in Madridupdated: Fri Nov 09 2007 16:17:00

Maria Sharapova was close to her best as she swept aside Ana Ivanovic 6-1 6-2 for her third and by far most impressive victory in the group stages of the WTA championships in Madrid.

Injured Serena quits WTA showpieceupdated: Thu Nov 08 2007 07:44:00

Former world number one Serena Williams has withdrawn from the WTA Championships in Madrid after injuring her left knee in her opening match against Russia's Anna Chakvetadze on Wednesday night.

Kirilenko cruises into Korea finalupdated: Sat Sep 29 2007 11:29:00

Rising Russian tennis star Maria Kirilenko will face top seed Venus Williams in Sunday's final of the Korea Open.

Berdych and Becker reach the semisupdated: Fri Sep 28 2007 14:39:00

Tomas Berdych will face Benjamin Becker in the semifinals of the Thailand Open after both players recorded straight sets victories in the quarterfinals in Bangkok

Williams sisters reach last eightupdated: Mon Sep 03 2007 04:23:00

When you hear about Serena and Venus Williams overpowering opponents, as happened Sunday at the U.S. Open to two recent Grand Slam finalists, it's easy to forget that the sisters are, indeed, individuals.

Russian pair through to last fourupdated: Fri Aug 24 2007 01:34:00

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva set up an all-Russian semifinal at the WTA event in New Haven, a repeat of their 2004 U.S. Open final, won by Kuznetsova.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Surface matters in the mailbagupdated: Wed Jul 18 2007 05:24:00

Once upon a time there was a surface called "grass." It rewarded aggressive play, and people who served and volleyed and returned and came in did very well. People who sliced and came to the net, like Martina Navratilova, were almost unstoppable when they got on a roll. Since the grass at Wimbledon is so slow, wouldn't it be "fair" to speed up the kitty litter-like surface called "clay" that the rest of the world is so enamored with?

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Parting shots from a wet and wild Wimbledonupdated: Mon Jul 16 2007 04:13:00

WIMBLEDON, England -- Cleaning out the notebook from a wild and wet Wimbledon. Some random notes and thoughts, trying to incorporate as many of your questions as possible.

Williams romps to her fourth titleupdated: Sun Jul 08 2007 01:54:00

Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon singles title by beating Marion Bartoli, of France 6-4 6-1 in the final on Saturday.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Five things we learned from freaky Wimbledon Fridayupdated: Fri Jul 06 2007 04:16:00

WIMBLEDON, England -- Five things we learned during a memorable day of tennis on Friday:

Bartoli stuns Henin to reach finalupdated: Fri Jul 06 2007 04:07:00

Marion Bartoli of France stunned world number one Justine Henin with a remarkable comeback victory to earn a place in the women's final at Wimbledon, where she will face three-time champion Venus Williams.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon roof would be expensive, but an obvious fixupdated: Wed Jul 04 2007 22:56:00

A quick baguette while still sitting in awe of Venus Williams' current level of tennis ...

Champion Henin eases past Bartoliupdated: Fri Jun 22 2007 08:13:00

Defending Eastbourne champion Justine Henin continued her immaculate preparations for Wimbledon with a clinical 6-1 6-3 victory over Marion Bartoli to reach the final of the WTA event on England's south coast.

Henin reaches Eastbourne last fourupdated: Thu Jun 21 2007 07:58:00

World number one Justine Henin wasted little time in reaching the semifinals of the WTA event at Eastbourne on Thursday as she dispatched Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic in straight sets.

Sharapova survives three-set epicupdated: Sun Jun 03 2007 13:53:00

World number two Maria Sharapova had to stave off two match points before beating Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 3-6 6-4 9-7 in an enthralling fourth round match at the French Open on Sunday.

Top names face off in round threeupdated: Fri Jun 01 2007 13:51:00

The competition is hotting up on day six, as the seeds start to come up against each other and the quality of the big names is put to the test.

SI.com: Quick shotsupdated: Wed Apr 11 2007 10:41:00

Rapid Fire Q and A's... Maria Sharapova: nursing shoulder or psyche? Fernando Gonzalez: Marcos Baghdatis of 2007? Williams sisters: glory days again? Rafael Nadal: too much to defend? Roger Federer: the year of the GOAT? Davis Cup: If the U.S. wins, will we finally care about it? -- Michael White, Fort Worth, Texas

Vaidisova sweeps into second roundupdated: Tue Feb 06 2007 08:35:00

Czech Nicole Vaidisova thrashed Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-2 6-1 to reach the second round of the Paris Open on Tuesday.

Top seed Jankovic forced to quitupdated: Sat Nov 04 2006 05:19:00

Top-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic retired from her quarterfinal in the WTA tournament in Quebec City, enabling Olga Poutchkova to move into the last four.

Kuznetsova wins a third Bali titleupdated: Sun Sep 17 2006 10:14:00

Svetlana Kuznetsova collected her second title of the season on Sunday when she defeated Marion Bartoli of France 7-5 6-2 to win her third Bali International title.

Sharapova remains on treble courseupdated: Thu Jun 15 2006 13:34:00

Maria Sharapova swept China's Li Na aside in straight sets to keep her bid for a third straight victory at the DFS Classic in Birmingham firmly on track.

Hantuchova struggles past Peschkeupdated: Tue Feb 28 2006 11:01:00

Fifth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova needed two hours 48 minutes to see off the challenge of unseeded Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic in the first round of the US$600,000 Qatar Open on Tuesday.

Hingis must tackle Henin-Hardenneupdated: Sat Jan 07 2006 07:15:00

Martina Hingis faces her first major test since announcing her comeback to professional tennis after being drawn to play Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round of the Sydney International.

Frazier and Arvidsson reach finalupdated: Sat Nov 05 2005 16:26:00

Top seed Nathalie Dechy and number three Marion Bartoli were both beaten in the semifinals of the Quebec WTA tournament, ending hopes of an all-French final.

Hantuchova reaches Dubai quartersupdated: Wed Mar 02 2005 09:52:00

Daniela Hantuchova continued her encouraging revival by reaching the quarterfinals of the Dubai Open with a straight sets win over Elena Likhovtseva on Wednesday.

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