Serena Williams regains No. 1 ranking with second-round win at China OpenOctober 6th, 2009 Serena wins at China Open to regain No. 1 rankingBEIJING — Serena Williams has reclaimed her world No.
Safina, Venus Williams beaten at China Open; Safina could lose top ranking to Serena WilliamsOctober 5th, 2009 Safina, Venus Williams ousted from China OpenBEIJING — Dinara Safina lost to Chinese wild card Zhang Shuai 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the second round of the China Open on Monday, a result that could lead to Serena Williams taking the No. 1 ranking. Venus Williams fell to teenager Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, the second time in a week the Russian has beaten her.
Serena Williams eases into 3rd round of Rogers Cup in TorontoAugust 20th, 2009 Serena Williams cruises at Rogers Cup in TorontoTORONTO — Serena Williams cruised past one of the Bondarenko sisters at the Rogers Cup. Williams defeated Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 6-4 Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals, two days after sister Venus Williams fell to Kateryna Bondarenko.
Top-seeded Dinara Safina ousted in second round at Rogers CupAugust 19th, 2009 Safina ousted in second roundTORONTO — Dinara Safina is out of the Rogers Cup. The No. 1-ranked Russian fell 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Aravane Rezai of France in a second-round match Wednesday at the $2 million WTA Tour event.
Top-ranked Safina beats Brianti to reach Slovenia Open finalJuly 25th, 2009 Top-ranked Safina reaches Slovenia Open finalPORTOROZ, Slovenia — Top-ranked Dinara Safina has reached her seventh final of the year by beating Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-4, 6-3 at the Slovenia Open. Safina had little difficulty in ousting the 107th-ranked Brianti in 1 hour, 34 minutes on Saturday.
Safina beats qualifier Pervak to advance to quarterfinals at Slovenia OpenJuly 22nd, 2009 Safina reaches quarterfinals at Slovenia OpenPORTOROZ, Slovenia — Top-ranked Dinara Safina has cruised into the quarterfinals of the Slovenia Open by routing fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-2. Safina was playing her first tournament since losing to Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semifinals.
Olympic stadium shell completed 3 years ahead of London 2012July 16th, 2009 London's Olympic stadium shell completedLONDON — London 2012 organizers say the external structure of the main Olympic stadium has been completed. Construction of the outer shell, including roof sections, was finished Thursday, 14 months after work started and three years before the start of the games.
Richard Childress Racing expects Harvick to remain with team in 2010July 15th, 2009 Harvick staying put with RCRWELCOME, N.C. — Kevin Harvick is under contract with Richard Childress Racing for one more season, and the team expects him to drive the No.
Safina tops rankings despite latest Grand Slam setbackJuly 6th, 2009 HAMBURG - Dinara Safina of Russia maintained her top spot in the women's tennis rankings issued Monday by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) after she yet again failed to get a first career Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. Safina, crushed in straight sets by Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semi-finals last week, leads an unchanged top 10 with 10,521 points.
Serena Williams remains No. 2 in rankings despite another major title at WimbledonJuly 4th, 2009 Serena remains No. 2 despite another major titleWIMBLEDON, England — Even with three of the last four Grand Slam titles in her possession, Serena Williams will stay behind No.
Serena Williams saves a match point, rallies to beat Dementieva in Wimbledon semifinalsJuly 2nd, 2009 Serena saves match point, advances to semifinalsWIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams saved a match point and rallied to beat Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4), 7-5, 8-6 Thursday, reaching the Wimbledon final for the second year in a row. The two-time Wimbledon champion saved the match point with a backhand volley while trailing 5-4 in the third set.
Serena through to Wimbledon finalJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Dinara Safina is all that stands in the way of a fourth Williams sisters Wimbledon final after second seed Serena Williams held off Russian Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6 in their semi-final Thursday. Top-seeded world number one Safina will hope to step up when she next takes on five-time champion Venus Williams.
Venus Williams easily reaches 8th Wimbledon final by routing top-ranked SafinaJuly 2nd, 2009 Venus easily reaches 8th Wimbledon finalWIMBLEDON, England — Venus Williams has easily reached her eighth Wimbledon final by routing top-ranked Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0. The five-time champion won the opening nine points of Thursday's match and saved the only break point she faced in the third game of the first set.
Top-ranked Safina rallies past German teenager Lisicki to reach 1st Wimbledon semifinalJune 30th, 2009 Safina rallies past Lisicki in Wimbledon quartersWIMBLEDON, England — Dinara Safina has reached her first Wimbledon semifinal after rallying to beat German teenager Sabine Lisicki 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-1
The top-ranked Russian looked shaky at times and double-faulted 15 times Tuesday, including on set point in the tiebreaker. But she broke the 19-year-old Lisicki four times in the decider and converted her first match point when the German missed a backhand wide
The match was played on a sun-drenched Centre Court, and Lisicki needed a medical timeout in the third set to have her right calf massaged and iced.
Safina heads WTA list into WimbledonJune 22nd, 2009 HAMBURG - Dinara Safina of Russia took the women's number one ranking in tennis into the Wimbledon fortnight which began Monday. Safina has 9,801 points in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) list as she eyes her first career Grand Slam title after losing three finals at the majors in the past.
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