Cara Black News

Top-ranked Martina Hingis returned to the court for the first time since her dramatic loss to Venus Williams at the U.S. Open today and beat Belgium's Justine Henin at the Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt, Germany.

Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams, the top two seeded players in the Bank of the West tournament in Stanford, California, were both extended to three sets, but outlasted their opponents on Friday to advance to the semifinals and stay on track for a rematch of the Wimbledon final.

On the Baseline Tennis News, the largest independently owned professional womena s tennis news web site in the United States, has announced the nominees for the third annual Baseline Tennis Awards presented by Rebounces.

Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:04am EST - Serena Williams of the U.S. follows through on a shot during the women's doubles final match with her sister Venus against Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the U.S. at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York September 14, 2009.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy celebrate their 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles for the US Open title in September.

Zimbabwe's top female tennis player Cara Black will host a special lesson for 13-year old Kudzai Malunga, a pupil at Arundel School in Harare who won the bid for the rare slot, Saturday's The Herald said.

Top seed Elena Likhovtseva and fifth seed Anna Smashanova were forced into tough matches to stay alive in the women's ASB Bank Tennis Classic at Stanley Street in Auckland, New Zealand today.

Sam Stosur returns against Agnes Szavay in Bali. Photo: AP Linda Pearce AUSTRALIA'S most experienced current player, four-time major doubles champion Rennae Stubbs, believes that Sam Stosur has the ability to win a grand slam singles title and that it may come as soon as January at Melbourne Park.

It's Williams vs. Williams in the final of the year ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.

South African-born Liezel Huber is determined to prove she's an all-American girl when the US tackle Italy in the Fed Cup final.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain kiss their champion trophies after defeating Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the U.S. during the final match of women's doubles at the WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar, Nov.

Holder Venus Williams completed her circuitous route to the WTA Championships final, beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 5-7 6-3 6-4 on Saturday to set up yet another showdown with sister Serena.

DOHA: World number one doubles pair of Cara Black and Liezel Huber will face the Australian duo of Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Championships here tomorrow.

Jelena Jankovic has added one last tournament to her calendar before taking a break during the off-season. The former world number one has booked the final singles berth into the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The sisters won this year The Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in addition to winning a title at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.

Marie-Eve Pelletier's quest for the doubles title at the Rogers Cup Canadian Open women's tennis championships came to an abrupt end yesterday and she and and her Thai partner, Tamarine Tanasugarn, were actually called on to play a match.

Reigning French Open Svetlana Kuznetsova has qualified for the prestigious season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships.

ITF mulls suspending Serena Serena Williams argues a call by the line judge which led to her disqualification during the women's singles semi-final against Kim Clijsters at the 2009 U.S. Open.

The Williams sisters will double up in Doha. For the first time in their doubles career, Venus Williams and Serena Williams have qualified for doubles event at the Sony Ericsson Championships, set for October 27-November 1 at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha, Qatar.

Former "American Idol" runner-up Justin Guarini has tied the knot. Guarini's spokesman, Jeff Ballard, said the 30-year-old first-season "American Idol" runner-up married 27-year-old Reina Capodici at a private estate Saturday along the Delaware River near their hometown of Doylestown, Pa.