French Open tennis in Paris
Serbian Jelena Jankovic reacts after a shot during her French Open fourth-round match against Romanian Sorana Cirstea at Roland Garros in Paris on June 1, 2009. Cirstea defeated Jankovic 3-6, 6-0, 9-7. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Serena Williams, finishing off her most lucrative year in women's tennis with a win at the Sony Ericsson Championships, is again ranked No. 1 in the world.
DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Defending champion Venus Williams entered the semifinals Friday when Elena Dementieva lost at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.
DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Wednesday at the Sony Ericsson Championships and also learned she would end the year as the No. 1 player in the world.
DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Serena Williams opened with a win and Venus Williams with a loss Tuesday in the Sony Ericsson Championship -- the year's last event on the women's tennis tour.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Dinara Safina regained the world No. 1 women's tennis ranking and the Williams sisters both saw their ratings slip.
MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Defending champion Jelena Jankovic dropped a quarterfinal match Friday in straight sets at the $1 million Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva won just two games Thursday in losing in a second-round rout at the $1 million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow.
MOSCOW, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Vera Zvonareva and Jelena Jankovic, the top two seeds, took different routes Tuesday into the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- No. 5 seed Nadia Petrova coasted to a 6-2, 6-0 victory Monday over Yana Buchina on the opening day of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Svetlana Kuznetsova slipped by Venus Williams and is ranked No. 3 in Monday's women's tennis rankings.
