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World number one Victoria Azarenka has taken her unbeaten run to 23 matches in 2012 after outplaying second seed Maria Sharapova in the women's final at Indian Wells on Sunday.

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Azarenka downs defending champion Li in Sydney finalupdated: Fri Jan 13 2012 08:49:00

Third seed Victoria Azarenka defeated defending champion Li Na 6-2 1-6 6-3 on Friday to win the Sydney International in their final warm-up for next week's Australian Open.

Kvitova, Berdych give Czechs team titleupdated: Sat Jan 07 2012 14:45:00

World No. 2 Petra Kvitova continued her perfect start to 2012 by helping the Czech Republic win the Hopman Cup teams event for the second time, beating France 2-0 in Saturday's final.

Top women seeds crash out of Rogers Cup in Torontoupdated: Fri Aug 12 2011 11:07:00

Four of the top 10 seeds at the Rogers Cup in Toronto were eliminated on a day of upsets at the WTA Tour event.

Russian star Kleybanova diagnosed with form of cancerupdated: Fri Jul 15 2011 15:30:00

Russian tennis star Alisa Kleybanova has released a statement confirming she has been diagnosed with cancer.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: The return of the queen and more Wimbledon mailupdated: Tue Jun 21 2011 18:25:00

WIMBLEDON, England -- We've had an early casualty on Centre Court this year, a longtime fixture put to pasture on the grass. The seeds have survived -- some more easily than others. But you'll note that as players walk onto the court, they no longer bow and curtsy before the Royal Box. This tradition has been dying slowly over the past few years. It's now officially dead. The Duke of Kent, patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, requested an end to the practice, claiming it no longer fits in with the modern game. (This comes months after Buckingham Palace explicitly asserted that those meeting royalty should only bow or curtsey if they want to.) The Club relented. Bowing before Royalty is now voluntary.

Serena comeback ended by Zvonarevaupdated: Wed Jun 15 2011 18:10:00

Serena Williams has been beaten in her comeback event in Eastbourne, losing a tight three-set second round match to top seed Vera Zvonareva on Wednesday.

Gorges stuns Wozniacki in Stuttgart finalupdated: Tue Apr 26 2011 10:21:00

Germany's Julia Gorges upset world number one Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 in Sunday's final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart.

Li Na ends losing streak with Sevastova victory in Stuttgartupdated: Tue Apr 19 2011 07:29:00

China's Li Na won her first match since losing in the final of the Australian Open in January after victory over Anastasija Sevastova at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Germany.

Jankovic and Ivanovic set up all-Serbian clash at Indian Wellsupdated: Mon Mar 14 2011 10:56:00

Defending champion Jelena Jankovic will face fellow Serbian player Ana Ivanovic in the last 16 at Indian Wells, after both eased through the third round.

Tennis mum Clijsters wants to adopt a childupdated: Fri Mar 11 2011 11:36:00

Four-time grand slam champion Kim Clijsters has revealed that her ambition is to adopt a child once her glittering tennis career is over.

Tennis mum Clijsters wants to adopt childupdated: Fri Mar 11 2011 11:36:00

Four-time grand slam champion Kim Clijsters talks about having more children ahead of the Indian Wells Masters tournament.

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.

Li fightback stuns Clijsters in Sydney finalupdated: Fri Jan 14 2011 10:37:00

China's Li Na recovered from 5-0 down in the opening set to defeat third seed Kim Clijsters 7-6 6-3 in the final of the Sydney International tournament on Friday.

Wozniacki delighted to be number oneupdated: Sun Oct 31 2010 16:05:00

Tennis stars Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva talk to Open Court about their new World rankings.

Clijsters defeats Wozniacki in WTA finalupdated: Sun Oct 31 2010 16:05:00

Kim Clijsters has regained the WTA Tour Championship title, seven years after last winning it, after a hard-fought three-set victory over Caroline Wozniacki in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.

Date Krumm fails in bid to make historyupdated: Sun Oct 17 2010 11:16:00

Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm has failed in her bid to become the oldest-ever winner of a WTA Tour event, losing in the final of the Japan Open to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Date Krumm reaches Japan Open finalupdated: Sat Oct 16 2010 18:35:00

Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm has reached the Japan Open final with a 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 victory over third seed Shahar Peer of Israel in Osaka.

Date Krumm makes history at Japan Openupdated: Fri Oct 15 2010 16:49:00

Home favorite Kimiko Date Krumm made tennis history on Friday, beating world number eight Samantha Stosur at the Japan Open to become the oldest woman to beat a top-10 player on the WTA Tour.

Clijsters cruises into Montreal quartersupdated: Fri Aug 20 2010 12:29:00

U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters is through to the quarterfinals of the Montreal Cup after crushing Kaia Kanepi of Estonia for the loss of just three games on Thursday.

Wozniacki secures Danish Open victoryupdated: Sun Aug 08 2010 11:29:00

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki secured the eighth WTA Tour title of her career after a straight sets victory in the final of the inaugural Danish Open in Copenhagen on Sunday.

Murray faces Querrey in L.A. final; Sharapova reaches Stanford finalupdated: Sun Aug 01 2010 15:36:00

World No. 4 Andy Murray will seek to win his first tennis title of 2010 when he faces defending champion Sam Querrey in Sunday's final of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles.

Bank of West Classic reaches 40 yearsupdated: Tue Jul 27 2010 14:02:00

This week's Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, reaches a notable milestone as the tournament celebrates its 40th year -- the oldest WTA Tour event on the circuit.

Serena races into Wimbledon second roundupdated: Tue Jun 22 2010 14:41:00

Serena Williams made a confident start to her Wimbledon title defense with a straight sets defeat of world number 148 Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal.

Women's tennis riding highupdated: Mon Jun 21 2010 17:38:00

The WTA Tour has never been so popular and financially robust. CNN's Richard Quest reports.

Clijsters crashes out of pre-Wimbledon eventupdated: Thu Jun 17 2010 13:32:00

U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters crashed out in the quarterfinals of WTA tournament in Eastbourne as she went down in straight sets to Victoria Azarenka of the Belarus.

Sharapova to face Li Na in Edgbaston finalupdated: Sat Jun 12 2010 16:02:00

Maria Sharapova battled to a three-set victory over American qualifier Alison Riske to reach the final of the WTA tournament in Birmingham on Saturday.

Sharapova warms up for Roland Garros with title winupdated: Sat May 22 2010 15:39:00

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.

Jankovic stuns Serena to set up final with Ivanovic's Rome conquerorupdated: Fri May 07 2010 15:43:00

Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic overcame current top-ranked player Serena Williams in an epic clash to reach the final of the Italian Open on Friday.

Venus clinches double with Acapulco winupdated: Mon Mar 01 2010 12:26:00

Venus Williams is looking forward to a continuing her winning run after retaining her Abierto Mexicano Telcel title in Acapulco on Sunday.

Venus defends Dubai crown to move up all-time titles ladderupdated: Sat Feb 20 2010 22:00:00

Venus Williams claimed the 42nd title of her glittering career as she successfully defended her Dubai Tennis Championship crown on Saturday.

Henin injured in final defeat to Clijstersupdated: Sat Jan 09 2010 14:06:00

Kim Clijsters defeated fellow comeback queen Justine Henin in the final of the Brisbane International on Saturday, saving two match-points and wasting three as she won an epic clash.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Q&A with the WTA Tour's CEOupdated: Mon Dec 14 2009 15:19:00

The week after Wimbledon, Stacey Allaster was officially named the new CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Since then, a former No. 1 player returned and won the U.S. Open. The Tour's most marketable star blew a gasket in the U.S. Open semifinals, a meltdown that became an international cause célèbre. One Belgian was suspended for an anti-violating simply because she failed to keeps administrator advised of her whereabouts. Another Belgian, a seven-time Grand Slam champ, is returning. And the WTA's title sponsor is, by most accounts, a longshot to renew. Otherwise, it's been an uneventful 150 days.

Schiavone claims Kremlin Cup title; Italian beats Govortsova in finalupdated: Sun Oct 25 2009 12:05:00

Italy's Francesca Schiavone claimed the second title of her WTA Tour career with a straight sets victory over Olga Govortsova of Belarus in Sunday's Kremlin Cup final in Moscow.

Schiavone and Govortsova in Kremlin final; win semis easilyupdated: Sun Oct 25 2009 08:41:00

Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Olga Govortsova of Belarus will contest Sunday's final of the Kremlin Cup after both secured straight sets victories in their semifinal match-ups.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Anticlimactic feeling comes with season's end for players, fansupdated: Mon Oct 19 2009 11:51:00

A few thoughts as tennis takes its annual autumnal tumble off the radar ...

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: WTA Tour compellingly unpredictableupdated: Mon Oct 12 2009 14:09:00

A few thoughts as the season winds to an end ...

World No. 1 Safina crashes out in L.A.updated: Sat Aug 08 2009 08:49:00

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.

Sharapova battles into last four in L.A.updated: Sat Aug 08 2009 07:18:00

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.

Sharapova on song as L.A. seeds tumbleupdated: Tue Aug 04 2009 05:39:00

Maria Sharapova continued her rehabilitation from injury with a comfortable victory at the L.A. Women's Tennis Championships on an opening day that saw early exits for three of the four seeded players in action.

Tennis: Venus, Marion reach final roundupdated: Sun Aug 02 2009 03:58:00

Venus Williams beat Elena Dementieva in the first match of the Bank of the West Classic semifinal on Saturday, the official WTA Tour website reported.

SI.com: Bryan Armen Graham: Clijsters hopes to spark WTA tour with comebackupdated: Tue Jul 21 2009 17:34:00

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when the popularity of the WTA Tour rivaled its men's counterpart, when stars like the then-up-and-coming Williams sisters held court with Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, Justine Henin, Mary Pierce and, yes, Anna Kournikova.

Sharapova plans new return in Warsawupdated: Tue May 12 2009 09:03:00

Injury-plagued Maria Sharapova is returning to WTA Tour action at next week's Warsaw Open in Poland, the former world number one announced on her personal Web site.

Kuznetsova beats Safina in Stuttgart finalupdated: Sun May 03 2009 12:55:00

Fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova secured her first WTA Tour victory since winning in 2007 in New Haven, beating compatriot and world number one Dinara Safina in straight sets to claim the Porsche Grand Prix title in Sturttgart.

Israeli Peer wins opening match in Moroccoupdated: Tue Apr 28 2009 15:05:00

Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer has won her opening round match in the clay-court SAR tournament in Fes, Morocco, just two months after being refused a visa to play in the United Arab Emirates.

Lisicki claims maiden WTA Tour titleupdated: Sun Apr 19 2009 16:40:00

Germany's Sabine Lisicki claimed her maiden WTA Tour title with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Danish fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the final of the $1 million Family Circle Cup in South Carolina.

Safina and Ivanovic lead charge of seedsupdated: Sat Mar 28 2009 12:35:00

Second seed Dinara Safina of Russia came safely through her first test in the WTA Tour event at Key Biscayne with a straight sets win over Mathilde Johansson.

Sharapova returns with doubles defeatupdated: Fri Mar 13 2009 09:53:00

Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova returned to action after a seven month injury layoff in a doubles match at Indian Wells in California.

Venus claims Mexican Open title in Acapulcoupdated: Sun Mar 01 2009 09:47:00

Venus Williams made it back to back wins on the WTA Tour as she beat defending champion Flavia Pennetta to claim the Mexican Open title in Acapulco.

Israeli tennis star 'banned for own security'updated: Tue Feb 17 2009 13:22:00

Organizers of a tennis tournament in Dubai, criticized for banning an Israeli player, said Tuesday they were trying to protect the woman from anti-Israel protests.

Israeli tennis player deniedupdated: Tue Feb 17 2009 13:22:00

The WTA is speaking out against a decision by Dubai to deny an Israeli tennis player a visa. CNN's Pedro Pinto reports.

Dubai in dock over Israeli tennis star's banupdated: Tue Feb 17 2009 00:12:00

Dubai could lose its place on the Women's Tennis Association Tour calendar after Israeli Shahar Peer was denied entry to compete at this week's event, the WTA supremo warned Monday.

Pregnant Davenport to miss Australia Openupdated: Thu Dec 18 2008 09:51:00

Triple grand slam winner Lindsay Davenport has pulled out of next month's Australian Open because she is pregnant with her second child.

Venus versus Zvonareva for WTA Tour titleupdated: Sat Nov 08 2008 17:04:00

Venus Williams will play Vera Zvonareva of Russia for the title at the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships after both came through testing three-set semifinals on Saturday.

Jankovic to topple Ivanovic from WTA summitupdated: Sun Aug 03 2008 10:25:00

Jelena Jankovic will climb to the top of the world women's tennis rankings for the first time when the next list is released on August 11, the WTA Tour announced on Saturday.

People.com: No Botox, Boob Job or Baby for Anna Kournikovaupdated: Fri Jul 11 2008 11:16:00

The former tennis phenom enjoys being out of the limelight – and with Enrique Iglesias

Sharapova slams WTA over photo shoot threatupdated: Sat May 03 2008 09:17:00

World No. 3 Maria Sharapova has blasted the ruling body of women's tennis over its demands for top players ahead of this month's Italian Open in Rome.

Seles retires after five-year absenceupdated: Fri Feb 15 2008 12:52:00

Tennis great Monica Seles has officially retired -- five years after playing the last match of her professional career.

SI.com: Lisa Raymond: Davis done, U.S. opens quest to win back Fed Cup, tooupdated: Fri Feb 01 2008 10:31:00

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- The Australian summer has come to an end and the next stop for the women on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour early into 2008 is Federation Cup. Immediately, we're forced to shift gears from our individual mind set to the team concept.

SI.com: Lisa Raymond: What might Santa be bringing the ladies of the WTA?updated: Tue Dec 18 2007 11:06:00

Walk into any mall in America right now and you're bombarded with the holiday spirit. But the most recognizable sign of all is, of course, Santa Claus and the children who each year come and sit on his lap, reeling off what they want from St. Nick. Will it be the newest American Girl doll? Maybe the latest Nintendo Wii game?

Vakulenko faces Davenport in finalupdated: Sun Nov 04 2007 05:06:00

Third seed Julia Vakulenko will face comeback queen Lindsay Davenport in her first WTA Tour final at the Bell Challenge on Sunday.

SI.com: Justin Gimelstob: The WTA's future looks bright, though few Americansupdated: Thu Oct 11 2007 11:08:00

MOSCOW -- Maria Sharapova suffered another tough defeat on Wednesday at the hands of one of the WTA Tour's crop of future stars, Victoria Azarenka, in her opening match here at the Kremlin Open. It was the two-time Slam champion's first match since her disappointing third-round loss at the U.S. Open.

SI.com: Samantha Stosur's ultimate playlistupdated: Mon Oct 01 2007 01:07:00

The Australian tennis pro (part of the world's No.2-ranked doubles team and a former No. 1 doubles player) has won 19 career doubles title on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. She is currently ranked No. 36 in the world in singles. 1. Forget to Breathe, Renee Cassar

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.

Davenport faces Jankovic rematchupdated: Fri Sep 21 2007 16:08:00

Comeback queen Lindsay Davenport will face a rematch with Jelena Jankovic on Saturday as she seeks to reach a second successive WTA Tour final.

Davenport marches on in China Openupdated: Thu Sep 20 2007 10:07:00

Lindsay Davenport continued her dream return to WTA Tour action as she advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open by defeating eighth seed Eleni Daniilidou 7-5 6-3.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: Say no to no play on Sundayupdated: Sun Jul 01 2007 03:39:00

A quick Baguette, while waiting out still another rain delay ...

SI.com: Regularly scheduled programmingupdated: Tue May 22 2007 17:20:00

Programming note: Check in later this week for our 2007 French Open Seed Reports.

SI.com: Weeding out the bad guysupdated: Fri May 18 2007 13:32:00

ROME -- When most people hear the phrase "criminal background check," they immediately envision a scene from Law & Order, or perhaps a front-page story in the New York Post. Their last thought would be anything having to do with tennis.

SI.com: The ties that bindupdated: Thu Apr 19 2007 15:53:00

Could there be a bigger honor for an athlete than representing her country in competition?

SI.com: Playing with clayupdated: Thu Apr 05 2007 13:45:00

Before we get started, a huge congratulations to my Florida Gators for winning their second straight NCAA men's basketball title. Luckily for me, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's clay-court season kicked off this week down the road from my alma mater in Amelia Island, Fla.

SI.com: Two of a kindupdated: Thu Mar 29 2007 10:48:00

Over a 13-year pro career, Lisa Raymond has won 62 doubles titles, including a career Grand Slam. She and her current partner, Australian Samantha Stosur, are currently ranked No. 1 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Lisa writes for SI.com on alternate weeks about her career, life on the tour and other tennis news and notes.

Mirza is ruled out for four weeksupdated: Sat Mar 03 2007 05:37:00

India's top-ranking tennis player, Sania Mirza, will be unable to play for at least four weeks after tearing a ligament in her right knee, a doctor said Saturday.

SI.com: Now it's my serveupdated: Fri Feb 23 2007 12:05:00

Make way for a woman's touch! Lisa Raymond is one of the most successful doubles players in the world. Over a 13-year pro career, the Philadelphia-area native has won 61 doubles titles, including a career Grand Slam. She and her current partner, Australian Samantha Stosur, are currently ranked No. 1 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Lisa will check in from time to time with SI.com to rap about her career, life on the tour and other tennis news and notes.

SI.com: Woeful womenupdated: Thu Jan 25 2007 12:40:00

I'm going to take some heat for saying this, but I can't be sensitive and ignore the truth: Women's tennis is in a very weak and desperate state.

SI.com: Quiz timeupdated: Fri Jan 05 2007 14:56:00

Along with postal service, driving traffic, and jumbo shrimp, we add tennis offseason to the list of our favorite oxymorons. So, here it is the first week of January -- barely six weeks after the Masters Cup final -- and tennis is back in the agate type. Herewith, a quiz of divinations for the new season. And if you miss a few, no worries. It's round robin, so you can re-enter the draw!

Henin-Hardenne misses Canada dateupdated: Fri Aug 11 2006 04:18:00

World number three Justine Henin-Hardenne has pulled out of next week's Rogers Cup in Montreal because of a knee injury.

Serena hoping for explosive returnupdated: Fri Jul 14 2006 03:25:00

Serena Williams will return to competitive tennis in Cincinnati next week, after a lengthy injury layoff, and says she "hopes to blow the joint up," and return to the top of the world rankings.

Molik is handed Wimbledon wildcardupdated: Mon Jun 12 2006 13:51:00

Former world number eight Alicia Molik has been handed a wildcard into the Wimbledon women's draw.

Serena is almost ready to returnupdated: Wed May 03 2006 15:40:00

Serena Williams expects to return to competitive tennis over the next few months after being sidelined with a knee injury since January's Australian Open.

Henin-Hardenne in shock WTA defeatupdated: Sat Apr 15 2006 15:11:00

Justine Henin-Hardenne lost for the first time at the Family Circle Cup, beaten 2-6 6-3 6-2 by Swiss star Patty Schnyder in the semifinals in Charleston on Saturday.

Hingis successful on WTA comebackupdated: Mon Jan 02 2006 10:07:00

Former world No.1 Martina Hingis made a successful return to the WTA Tour with a 6-2 6-1 win over Maria Vento-Kabchi at the Australian hardcourt event on the Gold Coast.

Mauresmo wins title for third timeupdated: Sun Nov 06 2005 11:17:00

Amelie Mauresmo of France won her third consecutive Advanta Championship by beating Russian Elena Dementieva 7-5 2-6 7-5 in the final in Philadelphia.

Molik succumbs after lengthy fightupdated: Mon Sep 19 2005 14:23:00

Fifth seed Alica Molik battled for nearly three hours before crashing out 7-6 6-7 6-4 Monday night to Mariana Diaz-Oliva in the first round of the China Open.

Russian pair ease through in styleupdated: Sat Mar 12 2005 09:34:00

The Russian assault on the WTA Tour continued at the Masters Series event as two high seeds cruised into the third round.

Wild card Mirza topples Kuznetsovaupdated: Tue Mar 01 2005 12:29:00

Indian wild card Sania Mirza pulled off a major upset when she beat US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4 6-2 in the second round of the Dubai Open.

Top seeds go through to last eightupdated: Fri Nov 05 2004 06:48:00

Leading seeds Amelie Mauresmo, Venus Williams and Vera Zvonareva all registered second round victories at the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia.

Russian double in WTA Tour finalesupdated: Sun Oct 03 2004 10:55:00

Russian domination of the WTA Tour continued apace on Sunday as Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova won the iKorean Open in Seoul and Elena Dementieva triumphed in the Gaz de France event in Belgium.

Davenport makes Stanford quartersupdated: Fri Jul 16 2004 03:20:00

Lindsay Davenport made short work of Russian qualifier Lioudmila Skavronskaia to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA Stanford Classic.

Sharapova puts rest before playupdated: Mon Jul 12 2004 09:08:00

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from next week's JP Morgan Chase Open following her unexpected victory at the grasscourt grand slam.

Henin-Hardenne quits in Charlestonupdated: Wed Apr 14 2004 03:19:00

World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne has pulled out of this week's WTA Family Circle Cup because of hypoglycemia, a condition caused by low blood sugar levels.

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