Tearful Bartoli quits Bali tennis final with injury

November 7th, 2009 ITF confirms 1-year ban for Wickmayer, MalisseLONDON — The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse. The duo was suspended by a Belgian tribunal this week for failing to report their whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times this year.

November 6th, 2009 Wickmayer withdraws in Bali after year suspensionNUSA DUA, Indonesia — US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer voluntarily withdrew from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions on Friday after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal. The 20-year-old Wickmayer was suspended Thursday for failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times.

October 17th, 2009 OSAKA - Sania Mirzas fine run at the WTA Japan Open tennis came to an end after she lost 2-6, 1-6 to fourth seeded Francesca Schiavone in the semi-finals here Saturday. This was the third time that Sania lost to the Italian, who is ranked 26 in the world.

October 16th, 2009 TOKYO - Indian tennis star Sania Mirza entered the semi final round of the Japan open here on Friday. She defeated Argentina's Marian Bartoli in the quarterfinal tie.

October 16th, 2009 Wozniacki advances to semis at Japan Women's OpenOSAKA, Japan — Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki defeated Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Japan Women's Open. The top-seeded Dane broke the sixth-seeded Wozniak twice in the final set to beat the Canadian in 2 hours, 13 minutes at Utsubo Tennis Center.

October 15th, 2009 OSAKA - Second-seeded pair of India's Sania Mirza and American Vania King crashed out of the doubles quarterfinals of the $22,0000 Japan Open tennis here Thursday. Sania-King went down 4-6, 2-6 to French Julie Coin and Mathilde Johansson.

October 14th, 2009 OSAKA - India's Sania Mirza stormed into the $220,000 Japan Open tennis quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Ukraine's Viktoriya Kutuzova in the second round here Wednesday. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi, who defeated fifth-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer in the first round, now plays second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France.

October 1st, 2009 Sharapova moves into semis at Pan Pacific OpenTOKYO — Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Thursday with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Iveta Benesova. Former No. 1 Sharapova served to go up 6-5 in the final set and then broke Benesova to close out the match in 1 hour, 39 minutes and set up a semifinal with either Magdalena Rybarikova or Agnieska Radwanska, who play later Thursday.

October 1st, 2009 Jankovic advances to semis at Pan Pacific Open TOKYO — Jelena Jankovic of Serbia advanced to the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Marion Bartoli. Jankovic, the tournament's seventh-seeded player, posted her first win over Bartoli this season after struggling against the 14th-seeded Frenchwoman in previous matches.

August 3rd, 2009 Venus Williams upset at StanfordSTANFORD, Calif. — Marion Bartoli recalled days of scrapping away snow in her native France to practice tennis with her father and coach.

August 1st, 2009 Venus tops Sharapova; Serena loses to StosurSTANFORD, Calif. — Venus Williams defeated Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2 at the Bank of the West Classic on Friday night.

July 25th, 2009 LEXINGTON - India's Sania Mirza has entered the semi-final of International Tennis Federation (ITF) Lexington challenger after her American opponent Lindsay Lee-Waters withdrew from the match due to a leg injury. The second-seeded Sania, who had to play two matches Thursday evening, was leading 5-2 in the first set when Waters decided to call quits Friday.

July 18th, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS - Three-time Wimbledon finalist Andy Roddick has cited his recent hip flexor injury in withdrawing from the Indianapolis Tennis Championships starting Sunday. The 26-year-old dealt a blow to the event, which will now feature 2007 winner and 2008 finalist Dmitry Tursunov in the top seeding spot ahead of Israeli Dudi Sela, hero of the Davis Cup quarter-final win over Russia.

July 17th, 2009 INDIANAPOLIS — Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the Indianapolis Tennis Championships next week, citing a right hip flexor injury. That's the same injury that prompted Roddick to pull out of the U.S.

May 29th, 2009 SANTIAGO - World No 12 tennis player Fernando Gonzalez decided not to renew his Davis Cup contract with the Tennis Federation of Chile. In a letter to the federation, Gonzalez said he would not renew his contract that ends in August.