Elena Dementieva News

With a mid-tier event currently being played in Bali and the Italians hosting the U.S. in this weekend's Fed Cup final, the WTA tour's winter break has not officially begun quite yet.

Veteran Japanese Kimiko Date Krumm upset fifth-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in Thursday's round-robin action, while France's Aravane Rezai secured a berth in Saturday's semifinals at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions tennis event.

Tennis diplomacy on the table in Bali By Muhammad Cohen NUSA DUA, Bali - In 2006, Indonesia refused to send its top female tennis players to Israel for a match in the Fed Cup, an international team tennis competition for women.

The Williams sisters could be headed for a final matchup at the Sony Ericsson Championships after Venus Williams advanced to the semifinals along with Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki on Friday.

Victoria Azarenka marked her debut at the WTA Tour Championships with a 6-2 6-3 win over Serbia's Jelena Jankovic in the tournament's opening match today.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia a ' Eddie the Eagle will be back in Canada but he won't be doing any flying.

When the popular former manager of Israel's most famous basketball team killed himself last week, it seemed like a sad tale of a heartbroken man who couldn't adjust to life after sports.

DOHA // Elena Dementieva braced herself for another humbling experience when her name came out alongside that of defending champion Venus Williams in the draw for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships.

Russia's Dinara Safina hobbled out of the WTA Championships today, surrendering the year-end world number one ranking to Serena Williams in the process.

Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test.

Elena Dementieva lit up the WTA Championships on Tuesday with a sensational comeback to beat title holder Venus Williams 3-6 7-6 6-2 on the opening day of group matches.

KUALA LUMPUR: World No. 5 Elena Dementieva will join forces with fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko to take on two of Asia's current tennis icons - Sania Mirza of India and Zheng Jie of China - in the Showdown of Champions at the Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam on Dec 19 and 20.

The world's top eight tennis players pose with officials at Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art yesterday.

Svetlana Kuznetsova slipped by Venus Williams and is ranked No. 3 in Monday's women's tennis rankings.

Russian favorite Mikhail Youzhny was among Monday's opening-round winners at the $1.08 million Kremlin Cup tennis event.

World number one Serena Williams, Frenchman Gael Monfils and four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt have been confirmed to play in the WTA/ATP Sydney International in January, organisers said.

SYDNEY International organisers have gambled by making Serena Williams the centrepiece of their advertising campaign for January's event, despite the fact she might not be allowed to play.

Russian Elena Vesnina has confirmed her return for the 2010 Classic, which this year was one of her "biggest moments". Photo / Kenny Rodger Organisers believe they are still in the running to recruit former world No 1 and seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin to headline January's ASB Classic tennis tournament.

The four huge yellow cranes that tower over the Olympic tennis center are witness to the ambitious plans for the China Open, which was relaunched last week with neither a bang nor a whimper but something in between.

Doha: Current World No. 6 Venus Williams and World No. 7 Victoria Azarenka are the latest players to qualify for the Sony Ericsson Championships - " Doha 2009, in the singles competition.