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Elena Dementieva of Russia returns a shot to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their quarter-final match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto August 21, 2009.

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.

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Serena and Venus Williams discuss strategy during their doubles semifinal loss to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at the WTA Championships.

Elena Dementieva of Russia hits a return to Venus Williams of U.S during their WTA Tour Championships tennis match in Doha October 27, 2009.

Defending champion Venus Williams reached the semi-finals of the WTA Championships without hitting a ball on Friday as organisers avoided potential embarrassment over the event's scoring system.

Venus Williams of the US hits a return to Elena Dementieva of Russia during their WTA Tour Championships match in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.

Elena Dementieva battled to a resilient 3-6 7-6 6-2 win over defending champion Venus Williams to open her account at the WTA Championships in Doha.

Serena Williams rarely backs down in a scrap but she was spared a fight for the honor of ending the year as world No 1 on Wednesday when her rival Dinara Safina quit the WTA Championships with an injury.

Dinara Safina overtook Serena Williams for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's world number one tennis ranking on Monday.

Rising Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki is the latest world top 10 player to confirm her entry in January's Medibank International in Sydney.

Scot Andy Murray will partner English starlet Laura Robson. Map: Perth 6000 World number four Andy Murray will be the major drawcard at next year's Hopman Cup in Perth.

Dinara Safina regained the world No. 1 women's tennis ranking and the Williams sisters both saw their ratings slip.

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.

'I'm hoping to do the work online,' says Caroline Wozniacki of her plans to attend Yale University.

It's right there on her shoes: "Believe." Melanie Oudin always has, though even she had to admit this latest accomplishment felt a bit overwhelming.

Svetlana Kuznetsova has eclipsed Venus Williams for the number three spot on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings.

Jelena Jankovic has qualified for next week's season-ending WTA Championships after Vera Zvonareva lost to Tsvetana Pironkova 6-0 6-2 in the Kremlin Cup.

Anabel Medina Garrigues, seeded third, outfought Arantxa Parra Santonja Monday in the opening round of the Luxembourg Open.