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Serena, Ivanovic pull out of WTA Championships

Nov. 7, 2008
Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic withdrew from the WTA's season-ending event on Friday, when top-ranked Jelena Jankovic advanced despite losing 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Vera Zvonareva.
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Top 10 shake-up in women's tennis

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The WTA-season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar, won by Venus Williams, shook up the Top 10 of the women's world tennis rankings.
Venus tops Zvonareva for Sony championship

Venus tops Zvonareva for Sony championship

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- American Venus Williams dropped the opening set then trounced Russia's Vera Zvonareva in the next two Sunday to win the Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar.

Jankovic loses to Venus Williams

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Venus Williams rallied to beat top-seeded Jelena Jankovic in three sets in the Sony Ericsson Championships semifinals Saturday in Doha, Qatar.

Jankovic falls, Serena withdraws at Doha

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Russia's Vera Zvonareva defeated world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic in the Sony Ericcson Championships Friday in Qatar, rallying for a three-set victory.

Jankovic advances to Doha semifinals

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Jelena Jankovic, the world's top-ranked women's tennis player, won her match Thursday at the round-robin Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.

Williams sisters win Doha openers

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, both won their first round matches Wednesday at the season-ending Sony Ericsson women's tennis championships.

Jankovic, Venus win Sony Ericsson openers

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams highlighted Tuesday's round-robin winners at the $4.55 million Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar.
Ivanovic tops Zvonareva in Austria final

Ivanovic tops Zvonareva in Austria final

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic swept to a straight-set win over Vera Zvonareva Sunday in the championship match of the Generali Ladies Linz tournament in Austria.

Ivanovic wins Linz, Austria, semifinal

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic advanced with a semifinal win over Agnieszka Radwanska Saturday at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis tournament in Linz, Austria.

Ivanovic wins Linz, Austria, quarterfinal

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic was among Friday's quarterfinal winners at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz tennis event in Linz, Austria.

Top seeds reach Linz quarterfinals

LINZ, Austria, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Ana Ivanovic and Vera Zvonareva, the tournament's top two seeds, earned quarterfinal berths Thursday at the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria.

Pennetta tops Jankovic at Zurich tennis

ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Unseeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy stunned top-seeded Jelena Jankovic in Thursday's second round at the Zurich (Switzerland) Open tennis tournament.

Venus Williams among Zurich winners

ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- This year's Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, led Wednesday's second-round winners at the Zurich Open tennis tournament in Switzerland.

Jankovic wins Moscow tennis event

MOSCOW, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Serbia's Jelena Jankovic beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-4 Sunday to win the Kremlin Cup women's tennis tournament in Moscow.

Jankovic rallies to win at Moscow

MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic won a three-set match Saturday against Russian Elena Dementieva in the women's semifinals at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler