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Dinara Safina is humiliated by Kim Clijsters

18.01.11
Former world No1 admits she expected to be beaten by the Belgian ace... more

Dinara Safina’s relief as she finally claims double

19.08.10
Former world No1 secures back-to-back wins for the first time since the Australian Open to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal ... more

Aggressive Dinara Safina fights to end slump

03.08.10
Former world No1 ended a six-match losing run by beating Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 7-6 in the first round of the San Diego Open... more

Maria Sharapova glows in Paris as gloom gathers for Dinara Safina

26.05.10
Golden girl looks a real threat on clay this year while her fellow Russian faces dropping out of the top 10 after humiliating defeat... more

Dinara Safina puts back return from injury

03.03.10
World No2 scraps plans to play in next week’s Indian Wells tournament ... more

Back agony won't stop my bid for glory, says Andy Murray

22.01.10
Video: British No1 dismisses injury fears after setting-up an Australian Open fourth-round clash with giant Isner... more

Elena Baltacha’s feeling fantastic after setting up third-round clash with Dinara Safina

20.01.10
Elena Baltacha used her bubbling confidence to claim the biggest scalp of her career today and set up a third-round clash with world No2 Dinara Safina... more

Emotional Justine Henin powers through

20.01.10
Justine Henin proved she is a genuine contender for this year's Australian Open title after she beat fifth seed Elena Dementieva in straight sets ... more

Serena Williams quickly makes a mark

12.01.10
Top seed Serena Williams has breezed into the quarter-finals of the Medibank International in Sydney with a straight-sets triumph over world number 25 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez... more

Back injury forces Dinara Safina to withdraw

11.12.09
A back injury has forced Russia's Dinara Safina to pull out of the Brisbane International, one of the main leadup events to the Australian Open... more

Svetlana Kuznetsova heads for Qatar pay day

05.10.09
Svetlana Kuznetsova has become the fifth woman to qualify for the £2.8million season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar later this month... more

Safina dumped by Taiwan qualifier

28.09.09
World no1 Dinara Safina suffered a shock 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 defeat at the hands of Taiwanese qualifier Chang Kai-Chen at the Pan Pacific Open... more

Angry Andy Murray slams Serena Williams for only turning up at the majors

04.09.09
Andy Murray has accused Serena Williams, the defending US Open champion, of making the women's tour "pointless" by only being interested in winning grand slams... more

Maria Sharapova serves notice with opening win after shoulder problem

02.09.09
Maria Sharapova continued her comeback from shoulder surgery with an impressive opening win over Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in New York... more

Safina misses out after LA marathon

07.08.09
World No1 Dinara Safina was knocked out of the WTA LA Women's Tennis Championships by Zheng Jie 7-5, 4-6, 6-4... more

Dinara Safina 'a worthy world No1'

01.07.09
The outgoing boss of women's tennis Larry Scott has defended Dinara Safina's position as world No1 despite the Russian having never won a grand slam title... more

Prepare for Sister Act IV as the Williams way looks like leading to another women’s final

01.07.09
Richard Williams waited until the conclusion of the quarter-finals of the women's singles before adding his voice to the growing consensus that daughters Venus and Serena will contest the final at Wimbledon... more

Venus Williams hopes that her sister act takes centre stage again

30.06.09
Defending champ eases through to the last four and targets yet another Serena showdown... more

Pressure on Dinara Safina to prove she deserves top billling

29.06.09
Dinara Safina may be No1 in the rankings but the absence of a grand slam title has led to question marks about her exalted status... more

Venus Williams targets Martina Navratilova’s record — and the Olympics

22.06.09
Venus Williams claims she is ready to take another giant step towards becoming the greatest women’s player in Wimbledon history... more

Dinara Safina feels in shape for slam

05.06.09
Tennis: World No1 is feeling confident that she is in the form to finally break her duck in tennis majors after losing two finals... more

Dinara Safina finally smashes cover-star jinx

04.06.09
Tennis: World No1 Dinara Safina has broken a jinx as she stayed on course for her first grand slam title by reaching the final of the French Open... more

Sam Stosur stays cool to reach first grand slam semi

03.06.09
Tennis: Doubles specialist Sam Stosur clinched a place in the French Open semi-finals with a solid dismissal of teenager Sorana Cirstea... more

Laura Robson vows to learn from Andy Murray after she’s sent crashing out at Roland Garros

02.06.09
Tennis: Laura Robson has vowed to learn from Andy Murray’s adaptation to clay after crashing out of the girls’ singles in the second round... more

Anne Keothavong’s first hurdle is a tall order

22.05.09
Tennis: Anne Keothavong believes she is ready to compete at the business end of the WTA tour on a regular basis after becoming the first British woman for 26 years to reach a clay-court semi-final... more

Safina’s defeat even worse than her final humiliation

18.02.09
Tennis: World no2 Dinara Safina, thrashed in the Australian Open Final by Serena Williams, suffered more misery as she was knocked out of the Dubai Tennis Championships by Virginie Razzano... more

Williams and Safina set up showdown to finish on top of the world

29.01.09
Serena Williams and Dinara Safina will fight it out for the Australian Open title and the world No1 ranking after winning their semi-finals... more

Jankovic wins big battle of the Serbs

05.11.08
Jelena Jankovic, the world No1, beat fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4 in the opening White Group match at the WTA Championships in Doha... more

Ivanovic closing on Paris glory

06.06.08
New world No1 reaches third Grand Slam final and second in succession on the Roland Garros clay ... more

Ivanovic aiming to perform a lead role

05.06.08
Serb will try to prove that being the top woman seed left at the French Open is not a burden... more


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