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Ana Ivanovic, the 6-foot-1 Serb, is currently the top ranked player in the women'sgame and the leading money winner for 2008.

By Sarah Thurmond News, gossip and other items of interest from the world of tennis: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images Murray's and Roddick's online contests prove, once again, thatA you get what you pay for.

Ana Ivanovic's once-dominant serve quickly deteriorated this season. Ana Ivanovic is on vacation in an undisclosed sunny locale, which is what she's been saying she needs for a while now, and exactly where her fans should want her to be.

A DEFIANT Ana Ivanovic has chosen Brisbane as the place to start her bid to become a Grand Slam champion again after quitting the rest of the tennis season because of injuries and a respiratory illness.

The chairman of the Florida State University trustees wants Bobby Bowden to retire at the end of this season.

Matt Cronin is the managing editor of Inside Tennis magazine and the co-owner of the award-winning tennisreporters.net. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Henin's recent announcement that she will return to the WTA tour in 2010 surprised only a few.

Justine Henin hopes to make her comeback at the Brisbane International, where fellow Belgian star Kim Clijsters will start her 2010 season.

Serena Williams celebrates winning her second round match against Ekaterina Makarova of Russia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing.

World number three Venus Williams struggled through the first round of the China Open on the first match day which was marred by Ana Ivanovic's withdrawal.

BEIJING: Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the tennis China Open due to a severe upper respiratory tract infection, said the China Open organizing committee here on Saturday.

Ana Ivanovic's season of setbacks has come to a premature end. Ivanovic has withdrawn from this weeks China Open in Beijing due to an upper respiratory tract infection that has prompted the former World No.

American Venus Williams survived a second set implosion to reach the second round of the $6.6 million China Open with a 6-2 7-6 defeat of Russian Vera Dushevina on Saturday.

Spearheaded by world number one Dinara Safina, the Russian girls look to call the shots again at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre where they had a clean sweep of the podium at the Olympic tennis tournament just one year ago.

You may never gain Ana Ivanovic's game, but now you can own her dress. Ivanovic's official website is hosting a contest that will award two winners each an autographed Ivanovic adidas dress.

Billy Jean King has some new company, some surprising upsets and the Tennis Power Rankings on this week's Digital Serve Tags: Tennis Digital Serve If there's ever a time for players to go through the motions on the tennis tour, this is it.

Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm holds the trophy after the women's singles final of the 2009 Hansol Korea Open at Olympics Park in Seoul South Korea yesterday.

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