WTAâs elite on display in LA
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Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo are in a battle for the No. 1 ranking at the WTA Championships this week at the Staples Center, however, both players downplay the faceoff.
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With five of the top eight players in this week&#39;s $3 million WTA Championships hailing from the land of Lenin and Kournikova, Tour organizers should consider renaming this season-ending tournament the Russian Open.
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Serena Williams, the sometime tennis player, has shown a talent for fashion design and acting. Now, if it is possible, she has an even higher calling.
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Wearing a tiara of diamonds and pink rubies, Venus Williams visited Boston yesterday, giving an audience at Harvard's Bright Arena. The queen of Wimbledon touched down in Allston to play World TeamTennis for the Philadelphia Freedoms and they vanquished the Boston Lobsters, 18-14, last night.
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Serena Williams and Vera Zvonareva earned the final two berths Saturday for next week's WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles.
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TENNIS Newly crowned Australian Open champion Serena Williams will join her sister Venus in the United States's Fed Cup match against Belgium at Delray Beach, Fla., April 21-22, US captain Zina Garrison announced yesterday. Injury-plagued Serena, formerly the world's top player, has raised her ranking from 81 to 15 following her triumph in Melbourne last month . . . Former ...
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While off the beaten path of the United States Openâs show courts, on Friday, Court 11 offered fans matches featuring three Grand Slam runner-ups.
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Lindsay Davenport found herself in an unusual position at the WTA Tour Championships at Staples Center on Saturday afternoon. She was both a winner and a loser.
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Men yelled encouragement and whistled at her. One tossed a long-stem red rose on the court. Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was a big hit playing for the first time in the season-ending WTA Championships.
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Serena Williams squeaked into this week's WTA Championships, but she's out of contention for the year-end No. 1 ranking, leaving Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo to contend for the top spot.
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Lindsay Davenport rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Serena Williams in the WTA Tour Championships in Los Angeles, United States, on Saturday, althoughher No.
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French fans will catch their first glimpse of Amelie Mauresmo on Wednesday when the home favorite begins her bid for a maiden French Open title.
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The US Open plays host to two Russia v America clashes when the women&#39;s semi-finals get underway on Friday. Fifth seed Lindsay Davenport, the highest-ranked player still in the tournament, takes on Russia&#39;s ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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MIAMI : American Lindsay Davenport captured the WTA world No. 1 spot in the rankings, unseating France&#39;s Amelie Mauresmo. Davenport assured herself of claiming the number one spot with a second-round victory
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NEW YORK -- Maybe they should move tonight's women's singles final to the middle of Red Square and play on a real hardcourt, and use Arthur Ashe Stadium for the Queens neighborhood tennis championship. The Russians took over Paris in June, and now they own Gotham, too.
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More big names are set to play at the U.S. Open Wednesday, with top seeds Roger Federer and Justine Henin, Rafael Nadal and the Williams sisters on the schedule.
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LOS ANGELES Serena Williams gets a shot at closing out her tennis season with a big victory. She beat Amelie Mauresmo (AM&#39;-uh-lee maw-REHS&#39;-moh) 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 today in the semifinals of the WTA Championships in Los Angeles.