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WORLD No 5 Elena Dementieva, after a successful season on the WTA Tour, is expected to shine in the Showdown of Champions 2009 -- Asia versus Russia -- at the Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam on Dec 19-20. The Russian started the year by winning singles titles in Auckland and Sydney ahead of the Australian Open, before earning her 14th WTA Tour win in ...

World No 15 Li Na has been confirmed for January's women's tennis open, with another top 20 player expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

By sportswriter Wang Jimin With China's top tennis aces freed to play the professional tour, the country's tennis governing body has kept an open mind, willing to allow more eligible players to test water in the world stage by themselves.

Sun Tiantian, the Athens Olympic women's doubles gold medalist, looks to make breakthrough at the ongoing Chinese National Games on Monday.

Fourth seed Elena Dementieva continued her golden run at the Olympic tennis center with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Hungarian Melinda Czink in the second round of the $6.6 million China Open Tuesday.

BEIJING World number one Dinara Safina was upset 7-5 7-6 by local wild card Zhang Shuai in the second round of the China Open on Monday, leaving Serena Williams one victory away from reclaiming top spot in the rankings.

BEIJING A tired Maria Sharapova bowed out in the third round of the $6.6 million China Open Wednesday, beaten 6-2 6-4 by China's Peng Shuai to the delight of the crowd at the Olympic tennis center.

World number two Rafa Nadal was confirmed to play the China Open next week at the Olympic Green Tennis Center where he won the gold medal last year, organizers said here on Friday.

The Russian must at least match Williams's progress at the Olympic tennis centre over the next week to retain the number one ranking on October 12, according to the WTA.

Maria Sharapova sealed her first title since her lengthy injury lay-off after Jelena Jankovic retired in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.

Straight sets ... Samantha Stosur Australia's Samantha Stosur bowed out in the second round of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Tuesday, following a 6-0, 6-1 thrashing at the hands of three-time major winner Maria Sharapova of Russia.

Russian Elena Dementieva became the latest high-profile casualty at the Pan Pacific Open when the third seed was beaten 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 by Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round.

Seeded players Flavia Pennetta of Italy and Ana Ivanovic of Serbia were first-round upset victims Sunday at the $2 million Toray Pan Pacific Open.

An employee looks at a giant representation of a mosquito at the Darwin Centre, at The Natural History Museum in London, England.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Name: Li, Na Country: P.R. China Current WTA ranking: 19 Career titles: Two Plays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand This year's U.S. Open has seen many new faces in the quarterfinals on the women's side, including the "upset queen" Melanie Oudin.

Li Na stepped past the musicians plucking familiar string instruments and people doing tai chi in the pavilion.

Zheng Jie engineered a stunning upset of world number one Dinara Safina, winning their third-round encounter at the WTA Los Angeles Championship 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. With the victory the 26-year-old from Chengdu highlighted a bruising day for the top seeds at the US$700,000 hard-court event.

Zheng Jie engineered a stunning upset of world number one Dinara Safina, winning their third-round encounter at the WTA Los Angeles Championship 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. With the victory the 26-year-old from Chengdu highlighted a bruising day for the top seeds at the US$700,000 hard-court event.

Former Olympic doubles gold medalist Li Na came out the second Chinese casualty under Polish Agnieszka Radwanska as she was knocked out of Wimbledon in a third-round straight sets defeat on Saturday.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer has raised concerns over the danger posed by betting in tennis.