Maria Sharapova to be No. 1!

According to On the Baseline, cutie pie Maria Sharapova will take over the No. 1 singles ranking next Monday, as announced by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on Thursday. Maria will take over that spot following the sudden announcement of Justine Hennin’s retirement. Jestine requested that her World No. 1 ranking be removed from the Tour Rankings opening the way for the current No. 2, Maria, to move into the World No. 1 spot.

Elena Dementieva loses in final

Cutie pie, Elena Dementieva made it all the way to the finals of the 2008 WTA Qatar Total German Open. She defeated fellow cutie pie and 2nd seed, Ana Ivanovic in her semifinal match 6-2, 7-5.

However, she was beaten in the finals by 13th seed Dinara Safina in a 3-set match. After winning the first set 3-6, she lost the final two sets, 6-2, 6-2.

This strong showing moved her up two spots in the rankings. She is now ranked # 7. Keep up the good work, cutie pie!

Elena Dementieva to semifinals

Cutie pie, Elena Dementieva has reached the semifinals of the 2008 WTA Qatar Total German Open. Seventh seeded Elena defeated 4th seed Jelena Jankovic in a 3-set match, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Way to go Elena.

She will next face the winner of the Agnes Szavay – Ana Ivanovic match. As of this writing they had split sets with Agnes winning the first set 6-3, and Ana the second at 6-4. If Ana wins the match, that would put two cutie pies against each other in the semifinals.

The other semifinal match has 13th seed Dinara Safina, who defeated Serena Williams, against unseeded Victoria Azarenka.

Elena Dementieva into 3rd round

Cutie pie, Elena Dementieva is into the 3rd round of the 2008 WTA Qatar Total German Open Tennis Tournament. Berlin, Germany is hosting this tournament May 5-11.

Elena is seeded 7th. She had a bye into the 2nd round where she easily defeated Katerina Bondarenko 6-1, 6-2. She will now face unseeded Vera Dushevina in the 3rd round.

Other cutie pies playing in this tournament include:

• Ana Ivanovic who is seeded # 2. Ana has made it into the 3rd round and will face Sybille Bammer.
• Anna Chakvetadze who was seeded 6th, but was defeated in the 2nd round by Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-7, 4-6.
• Patty Schnyder who was seeded 9th but was beaten by Vera Dushevina 2-6, 3-6.

Anna Chakvetadze out in 2nd round

Cutie pie, Anna Chakvetadze was the 6th seed at the 2008 WTA Qatar Total German Open Tennis Tournament being played May 5-11 in Berlin, Germany. She was the 2nd highest seed of our featured cutie pies. Ana Ivanovic was the highest cutie pie seeded at # 2.

Anna had a bye into the 2nd round. Unfortunately she lost in a hard-fought match to unseeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-7, 4-6.

She looks like she is wearing fur in this photo, as well as having something very interesting on her mind. Anyone want to go hunting?

Ana Ivanovic # 2 seed

Cutie pie, Ana Ivanovic is the highest seeded of our featured cutie pies in the 2008 WTA Qatar Total German Open currently being played in Berlin, Germany, May 5 – 11.

Ana had a bye into the 2nd round where she defeated Akqul Amanmuradova 7-6 (7-0), 6-2. She will meet Sybille Bammer in the 3rd round.

I’d be happy to watch her play her match, especially if she is going to spend a lot of time on the ground like in this picture. I like this view!