ELENA DEMENTIEVA VS VERA ZVONAREVA AT THE US OPEN
Elena Dementieva of Russa, who is seeded fourth, returns the ball to Vera Zvonareva, also of Russia, at the US Open held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2006 in New York. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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Kim Clijsters successfully defended her U.S. Open title but still dropped two places to fifth in the latest world women's tennis rankings.
Russian Elena Dementieva cruised into the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif., Tuesday, knocking off Aravane Rezai of France 6-3, 6-3.
BNP Paribas Open champion Vera Zvonareva used the tournament win to improve one spot to fifth in the latest women's world tennis rankings.
Svetlana Kuznetsova clinched Russia's second consecutive Fed Cup tennis title Sunday by coming from behind to beat Anabel Medina Garrigues in Madrid.
Serena Williams' U.S. Open victory moved her to the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis.
Recently crowned Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva was among those moving into the third round of the women's draw at the U.S. Open Wednesday.
Serena Williams moved to No. 3 in the world in women's tennis, where the rankings are very tight and are poised for a shakeup during the U.S. Open.
Spain's Rafael Nadal, who won Olympic tennis gold in Beijing, and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia were named No. 1 seeds for the U.S. Open.
Rafael Nadal of Spain added an Olympic gold to his amazing season Sunday and Russia swept the medals in women's tennis.
Elena Dementieva of Russia led a sweep by that country of the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medals in women's tennis singles.
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