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Serena Williams reclaims spot at the tennis summit

06.10.09
Serena Williams is back on top of the rankings after a 6-3, 6-2 victory over world No55 Ekaterina Makarova in the second round of the China Open in Beijing... 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

Elena Dementieva's weakness means Serena Williams can resume normal service

02.07.09
An injury which has long since healed is threatening to undermine Elena Dementieva's bid to reach her first Wimbledon final... 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

Rafael Nadal’s a doubt for Wimbledon

05.06.09
Tennis: An ongoing knee injury has forced the world No1 to miss next week’s warm-up for the grasscourt major... 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

Andy Murray shoulders British burden

26.05.09
Tennis: Andy Murray became the sole beacon of British hope at a grand-slam tournament once again after Anne Keothavong, Melanie South and Katie O'Brien were first-round casualties at the French Open... 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

Andy Murray admits he must now lift his game

30.03.09
Tennis: Andy Murray says he needs to step up his performance if he is to beat Nicolas Massu today and keep his bid this week to become Britain's highest-ever ranked player going... 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

Robson just one win away from Grand Slam double

30.01.09
Britain's Laura Robson kept alive her hopes of winning her second junior Grand Slam title after reaching the final of the girls' singles at the Australian Open... 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

Sublime Fed has Sampras record in his sights after Roddick rout

29.01.09
Roger Federer is just one win away from equalling Pete Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam titles after storming into the final of the Australian Open... 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

Paris flop is in the past, says Elena

01.07.08
Elena Dementieva claims she has recovered from her French Open heartache and is ready to book a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals. ... more

Serbian challenge fires up deposed Sharapova

19.06.08
Maria Sharapova has vowed to lead the resistance against the rise of Serbian stars Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, the top two seeds at next week's Wimbledon... 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

Yet another shocker on Paris clay for 'choker' Sharapova

03.06.08
World No1 Maria Sharapova again found the courts and crowds at the French Open too hot to handle as she went out in the fourth round.... more

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