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Melbourne - Australia's second-largest city Melbourne was struggling to cope on Saturday with a once-in-a-century heatwave that has claimed dozens of lives and sparked wildfires that have razed up to 20 homes.

The ASB Classic continues to attract top-line players with news French Open semifinalist Dominika Cibulkova will play.

NANJING: After an unsuccessful attempt to establish herself on the WTA tour, China's Zhang Shuai, once seen as a prodigy with the ability to reach the elite level of women's tennis, says she wants to start all over again next season.

Photo via www.tennis-russia.ru There are so many talented tennis players in Russia, that the country has its own awards ceremony to honor them.

It was yet another entertaining year on the WTA Tour, and perhaps no one was more entertaining than one Serena Williams.

The mercurial career of Marat Safin came to a close Wednesday in Paris as the hulking Russian played the final match in the final tournament of his final year of ATP tennis, losing to reigning US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters.

Serena Williams has ended the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season as the number one player in the world.

MONTREAL a ' The WTA Toura TMs year-end championships in Doha, Qatar, which featured the top eight in womena TMs tennis this season, was a war of attrition.

Tennis will bid farewell to one of the greatest stars of the game's recent history this week when Russian former world number one Marat Safin takes his final bow at the ATP Paris Masters .

Serena Williams bested big sister Venus again, winning, 6-2, 7-6 , yesterday in the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships final in Doha, Qatar.

Bali high Samantha Stosur needed three sets to beat Hungary's Agnes Szavay. Photo: AP Linda Pearce November 6, 2009 AUSTRALIA'S most experienced active player, four-time grand slam doubles champion Rennae Stubbs, believes Samantha Stosur has the ability to win a grand slam singles title and it might come as soon as January at Melbourne Park.

Hard to believe, but Serena Williams has finished the year ranked No. 1 only once.

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

Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Wednesday at the Sony Ericsson Championships and also learned she would end the year as the No.

Serena Williams bested big sister Venus again Sunday, winning 6-2, 7-6 in the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships final.

My body just gave up. I did everything possible to play. I went to have a cortisone injection, but I couldn't handle the pain anymore --Dinara Safina Safina will be replaced in the season-ending event by Vera Zvonareva of Russia while her misfortune boosts the hopes of former world number one Jankovic who will be awarded a straight sets victory ...

Dinara Safina sobbed into her towel after retiring from yesterday's Sony Ericsson Championships match in Doha due to a lower back injury.

Defending champion Venus Williams completed her circuitous route to the final of the WTA Championships on Saturday, beating Jelena Jankovic 5-7 6-3 6-4. The weary-looking American will face sister Serena, who won the second semi-final against Caroline Wozniacki after the Dane pulled out with a stomach injury while trailing 6-4 0-1. Venus, who ...

TWO days after tearfully pulling out of the WTA Championships with a serious back injury which she thought could jeopardize her Australian Open campaign in January, Dinara Safina has entered the Brisbane International - a tournament scheduled two weeks ahead of the first Grand Slam of 2010.

Venus Williams reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships on Friday with a little help from Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Jelena Jankovic also advanced by routing a tired Caroline Wozniacki.