World No. 2, Dinara Safina of Russia, has been forced to pull out of next week's Dubai Tennis Championships because of ongoing back problems. She said on her website, "Unfortunately, I will not be able to play the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships this year because of the back injury that's been bothering me since the
First Kim Clijsters of Belgium turned pro in 1997, climbed to world No. 1 in both singles and doubles as a 20 year-old in August of 2003, and won her first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open in 2005. Following a series of ankle injuries and hip strains in 2006, she retired after the Australian
Martina Hingis apparently can't give it up. Perhaps it is true with tennis as in other areas: You can take the girl out of tennis, but you can't take the tennis out of the girl. Although she is not ready to launch a serious comeback after seeing the success of Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin
Serena Williams of the USA holds her 2nd straight Australian Open championship trophy after defeating a determined Justine Henin of Belgium. In doing so, Williams, ranked No 1 in the world, also broke the even year curse at the Australian Open. She has not been able to advance past the Quarterfinals in even years while
This may just be my opinion, although I have seen others posting on various forums and articles who seem to agree with me. This tennis outfit, along with the nude colored underwear worn by Venus Williams is totally out of line. Not only is it in bad taste, it is totally gross and disgusting. You
It has come down to a battle between unseeded Justine Henin fresh out of retirement and playing in her first Grand Slam tournament since losing in the Quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2008 and world No. 1, Serena Williams. Henin hardly broke a sweat as she downed unseeded Jie Zheng of China in her
The Semifinals for the 2010 Australian Open have been set, pitting No. 1 Serena Williams of the USA against No. 16 Na Li of China. Williams leads their head-to-head match-ups 3-1. This is William's 4th appearance in the Semifinals of the Australian Open. Each time she made the Semifinals, she has gone on to win
No. 1 ranked Serena Williams had a huge scare from No. 7 Victoria Azarenka in the Quarterfinals of the Australian Open, but managed to pull out another amazing comeback to take the match 4-6, 7-6(7-4), 6-2. Azarenka came out firing shots from everywhere on the court and Williams was completely on the defense, just blocking
Na Li posted a huge upset by defeating Venus Williams in a thrilling 3-set Quarterfinal match at the Australian Open. Li, seeded 16, was able to hold serve one more time in the 3rd set than 6th seeded Williams to take the match 2-6, 7-6, 7-5. It was not a day to be serving. Both
History is in the making as unseeded, 35th ranked Jie Zheng has become the first Chinese woman to reach the Semifinals of the Australian Open. She won an impressive straight-sets victory over Russia's 58th ranked giant-killer Maria Kirilenko in the Quarterfinals of the 2010 Australian Open, 6-1, 6-3. The 26-year-old Zheng's service returns were fierce
