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WTA Tour says its 'roadmap' helped cut down injuries, player withdrawals in 2009

roshand9eum | 11/06/2009

DOHA - The WTA Tour's new scheduling system with fewer mandatory tournaments has seen player withdrawals go down by more than one third in 2009. The tour has also withstood the global financial crisis, with attendance and prize money up significantly for the top events, chief executive Stacey Allaster said Sunday. Allaster, the former WTA president who took over as chairman and CEO in July, said the

Serena triumph clouded by fears over WTA health, wealth

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Serena Williams heads for 2010 as world number one, WTA Championships, Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, but there's a worrying storm gathering over women's tennis. The new year should spark a celebration of marquee match-ups where the Williams sisters renew their epic rivalry with the returning Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin. Hopes are also high for a fully-fit Maria Sharapova to grace more...

• Serena triumph clouded by fears - Fijilive

Lucky Williams squeezes into semi-final

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

• Elena Dementieva's defeat allows Williams to sneak through • Caroline Wozniacki is also fortunate to reach last four Venus Williams' hopes of resisting the title challenge of her sister Serena survived a bizarre fourth day at the WTA Championships today. The elder Williams' title defence seemed over after losses to Serena and Elena Dementieva, only for a sequence of results, culminating...

Sony Ericsson Championships Doha 2009 Wednesday Oct. 28 Tennis Results

Tennis Ticket News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

SONY ERICSSON CHAMPIONSHIPS - DOHA 2009 Doha-QAT October 27-November 1, 2009 $4,550,000/SEC Hard/Outdoors Results - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Singles - Round Robin WHITE GROUP (8) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (1) Dinara Safina (RUS) 11 ret. (low back injury) (4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (6) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 16 64 75 MAROON GROUP (2) Serena Williams (USA) d. (7) Venus Williams (USA) 57 64 76(4)...

SONY ERICSSON CHAMPIONSHIPS - DOHA 2009 Doha-QAT Oct. 27 RESULTS

Tennis Ticket News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

SONY ERICSSON CHAMPIONSHIPS - DOHA 2009 Doha-QAT October 27-November 1, 2009 $4,550,000/SEC Hard/Outdoors Results - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Singles - Round Robin WHITE GROUP (6) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d. (8) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 62 63 MAROON GROUP (2) Serena Williams (USA) d. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 76(6) 75 (5) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (7) Venus Williams (USA) 36 76(6) 62 Order of Play...

The Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2010 Field Confirmed

ATP Mens Tennis (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

The Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2010 Field Confirmed The Hong Kong Tennis Classic 2010 that will be played in January, field will be full of WTA Tour top stars plus great men tennis players like Safin, Edberg and Michael Chang that will represent different parts of the world. The exhibition event will feature stars like Caroline Wozniack, Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams and Vera Zvonareva. Plus Maria...

Wozniacki outlasts Azarenka

IOL (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki has survived a three-hour battle against her close friend Victoria Azarenka at the WTA Championships.

Wozniacki to play Sydney event

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Denmark's world No.4 Caroline Wozniacki will join Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva and Victoria Azarenka in the line-up for the WTA/ATP Sydney International from January 10-16.

Safina pulls out in Doha; Wozniacki rallies

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Caroline Wozniacki saved a match point in the final set and beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 Wednesday in the group stage of the WTA Tour's Sony Ericsson Championships. The players broke each other eight straight times in the third set, and Azarenka wasted a match point at 5-4. Wozniacki finally held serve before breaking for 6-5 after Azarenka was docked a point for smashing her racket. She sealed...

Safina retires in Doha opener; Wozniacki rallies

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Caroline Wozniacki saved a match point in the final set and beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 Wednesday in the group stage of the WTA Tour's Sony Ericsson Championships. The players broke each other eight straight times in the third set, and Azarenka wasted a match point at 5-4. Wozniacki finally held serve before breaking for 6-5 after Azarenka was docked a point for smashing her racket. She sealed...

Wozniacki out-breaks, rallies past Azarenka in Doha

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Caroline Wozniacki has beaten Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the group stage of the WTA Tour's Sony Ericsson Championships.

Caroline Wozniacki beats Victoria Azarenka at WTA Championships

ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Caroline Wozniacki beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the group stage of the WTA Tour's Sony Ericsson Championships.

Wozniacki rallies to beat Azarenka in Doha

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Caroline Wozniacki saved a match point in the final set and beat Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 Wednesday in the group stage of the WTA Tour's Sony Ericsson Championships. The players broke each other eight straight times in the third set, and Azarenka wasted a match point at 5-4. Wozniacki finally held serve before breaking for 6-5 after Azarenka was docked a point for smashing her racket. She sealed...

Wozniacki tops Azarenka on Day 2 in Doha

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Caroline Wozniacki shook off an injury and rallied from a set down to top Victoria Azarenka on Wednesday at the WTA Championships.

Girls Girls Girls: Tennis beauties light up Doha during tournament

icWales (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

L-R) Serena Williams of United States, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Elena Dementieva of Russia, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, Dinara Safina of Russia, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Venus William of United States line up during the draw for the Sony Ericsson WTA Championships at the Museum of Islamic Art on October 25, 2009 in Doha, Qatar. The Championships willl take...

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WTA Tour says its 'roadmap' helped cut down injuries, player withdrawals in 2009

roshand9eum | 11/06/2009

DOHA - The WTA Tour's new scheduling system with fewer mandatory tournaments has seen player withdrawals go down by more than one third in 2009. The tour has also withstood the global financial crisis, with attendance and prize money up significantly for the top events, chief executive Stacey Allaster said Sunday. Allaster, the former WTA president who took over as chairman and CEO in July, said the...

Caroline Wozniacki Hot Photo | Hot Tennis Players Caroline Wozniacki

chakufor22@gmail.com | 09/10/2009

Caroline Wozniacki Hot Photo | Hot Tennis Players Caroline Wozniacki In Memphis, Madrid, Bastad and Charlesten, she reached to the finals but couldn’t make it against No.9 Victoria Azarenka in Memphis and Dinara Safina in Madrid who is world No. 1. Not only this, Wozniaki has registered a series of wins against Elena Dementieva this year. Quite surprisingly, Wozniacki boosted from 64th to this current

Viktoriya Kutuzova meets Kim Clijsters at the US Open

pascalre | 08/30/2009

NEW YORK — Kim Clijsters is back at the U.S. Open, and she aims to be back in professional tennis for a couple of seasons, not merely a couple of months. The 26-year-old Belgian is playing in the American Grand Slam tournament for the first time since she won it in 2005. Now married and a mother, she recently came out of retirement, and this tournament marks her Grand Slam debut since returning to