NAVRATILOVA PLAYS AT US OPEN
Martina Navratilova (USA) returns the ball to Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russian and Alicia Molik of Australia during her doubles match with Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) during the US Open held at the National Tennis Center on September 7, 2005 in New York City. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Alicia Molik, who was ranked in the Top 10 among women's tennis players until a series of injuries limited her play, retired Friday from competitive tennis.
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- American tennis star Lindsay Davenport withdrew Friday from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games because of a lingering right knee injury.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova derailed the comeback of Lindsey Davenport with a straight-set win Wednesday in the second round of the Australian Open.
LINZ, Austria, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- No. 2 seed Daniela Hantuchova and Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli reached the quarterfinals Thursday at the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria.
LINZ, Austria, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder advanced, but eighth-seeded Austrian Sybille Bammer was eliminated Tuesday at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz event.
MOSCOW, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Wild-card entrant Elena Vesnina swept through her first-round match Tuesday at the $1.34 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.
TOKYO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Venus Williams Thursday won her eighth consecutive match and advanced to the semifinals of the $175,000 Japan Open tennis tournament.
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Venus Williams ran her match winning streak to seven with a second-round victory Wednesday in the $175,000 Japan Open tennis tournament.
TOKYO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Maria Kirilenko, a runner-up in last week's tournament, was ousted Tuesday in the first round of the $175,000 Japan Open tennis tournament.
GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues lost a tough three-set match Friday in the quarterfinals of the $175,000 Guangzhou International tennis tournament in China.