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Vaidisova says the worst is behind her and things will change for the better next year when she retu
Thursday, November 13, 2008 justsamachar.com
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A nagging wrist injury and indifferent form marred her season, but Czech tennis ace Nicole Vaidisova says the worst is behind her and things will change for the better next year when she returns to full fitness.
A wrist injury forced her to miss almost half the season and the lay-off took a massive toll on her WTA rankings, in which she slipped from world number 12 and to 41.
However, the blonde
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Venus Williams defeated her sister 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour
Friday, November 07, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Venus Williams defeated her sister 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, a match Serena Williams called her worst of the year.
Serena started to unravel early in the second set. "I just couldn't keep a ball in play," she said. "Everything was off."
Venus Williams won on her fifth match point, and is 3-0 in round-robin pla
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Jankovic survived a scare before reaching the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals
Friday, October 10, 2008 justsamachar.com
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World number one Jelena Jankovic survived a scare before reaching the Kremlin Cup quarter-finals with a 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over Vera Dushevina on Thursday.
The Serb, who replaced Serena Williams [Images] at the top of the WTA rankings on Monday, was in danger of becoming the third high-profile player to bow out of the $2.3 million tournament.
Jankovic, making her Moscow [Images] debut, lost the f
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Jankovic set on ending 2008 as number one
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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BEIJING: Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, fresh off her win at the China Open, says that she is determined to finish the year as the WTA's top player and is eyeing Grand Slam glory next season.
The world number two, now just 21 points behind Serena Williams at the top of the rankings, beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets on Sunday, avenging her defeat the previous week in Tokyo at the hands of th
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Safina pulls out of China Open with back injury
Thursday, September 25, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Russian world number three Dinara Safina has pulled out of this week's China Open because of a lower back injury, organisers said on Monday.
The in-form 22-year-old beat compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Sunday to win her four WTA Tour title this year, and had been third seed for the $600,000 tournament in Beijing.
Safina hurt her back during the Ja
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Sania slips to 92nd in singles rankings
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 www.ndtv.com
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Out of action Sania Mirza on Monday slipped one more rung to be 92nd in the latest WTA singles rankings chart though she maintained the 44th place in the doubles.
Sania, recuperating from a wrist injury, has 380 points in singles while 949 in the doubles.
Meanwhile, Leander Paes (2860) and Mahesh Bhupathi (2680) have also maintained their eighth and 11th places respectively in the ATP doubles ra
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