Serena Struggles, Sharapova Sharp at WTA Beijing
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Russian Dinara &quot;Little Sis&quot; Safina led 3-1 over the former No. 1 American Wednesday before Williams found her rhythm to string together five consecutive games to survive her debut at the WTA stop in Beijing.
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Nerves, ring-rust and a battling baseliner haunted three of the world's leading women at the Australian Open on Monday before Serena Williams, Justine Henin and Jelena Jankovic moved into round two.
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Defending champion Serena Williams and top seed Justin Henin survived gritty encounters on the first day of the Australian Open Monday, while Maria Sharapova set up a tough clash with Lindsay Davenport.
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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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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Former world No. 1 Serena  Williams was forced to dig deep before beating 11th-seeded  Russian Nadia Petrova, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, Sunday to reach the  quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
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MARIA Sharapova defeated an aching Serena Williams 4-6 6-2 6-4 yesterday to win the season-ending WTA Tour Championship in Los Angeles.
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Top seed Serena Williams advanced to the China Open quarterfinals Wednesday, edging past Russia&#39;s Dinara Safina for a thrilling 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win.
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BEIJING - Top seed Serena Williams celebrated her 23rd birthday yesterday by beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in a bad-tempered final at the inaugural US$585,000 (S$989,000) China Open.
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Serena Williams has beaten Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova to win the inaugural China Open final in Beijing. Celebrating her 23rd birthday, Williams fought through a tough to take the final 4-6 7-5 6-4.
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Top seed Serena Williams of the United States and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova of Russia have advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing.
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LINZ, Austria -- Serena Williams blamed a headache for her poor play in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 upset loss to qualifier Alina Jidkova in the second round of the Generali Ladies Open.
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Having maintained for days that the set lost at love to Serena Williams in the fourth round no longer took up space in her memory, Amelie Mauresmo was forced to face that reality not once, but twice in her semifinal loss to Maria Sharapova yesterday.
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Top seed Serena Williams had to toil to get past Russian Dinara Safina 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 in the second round at the 585,000 China Open here Wednesday.
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AFTER losing to Maria Sharapova in the Wimbledon final, Serena Williams will get a chance to redeem some of her lost pride when she takes on the Russian teenager in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
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Top seed Serena Williams celebrated her 23rd birthday with a gritty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 win over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the China Open final on Sunday.
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Serena Williams saved three match points and beat Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-5, 8-6 Thursday to advance to the women's final at the Australian Open.
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Top-seeded Lindsay Davenport and French Open champion Anastasia Myskina both struggled early today before advancing to the third round of the Australian Open.