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Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai will meet in an all-French final at the WTA Tournament of Champions event after each posted straight-set semifinal wins on Saturday.

French-born writer Marie NDiaye won France's top literary prize Monday for "Three Strong Women," her moving tale of the struggles of woman in Europe and Africa.

Serena Williams has been fabulously successful on the WTA Tour, but she would have to reach a higher level to beat a man.

REUTERS/Soren Andersson via Daylife Marcos Baghdatis won his first ATP title since 2007 on Sunday beating fellow un-seeded player, Olivier Rochus at the Stockholm Open : 6-1, 7-5. To be fair to Olivier, the diminutive Belgian played a three set semifinal on Saturday against Thomaz Bellucci while Marcos got a walkover from Robing Soderling.

Italian Francesca Schiavone easily defeated Belarus' Olga Govortsova for her second career WTA Tour title Sunday at the $1 million Kremlin Cup.

NBA legend Charles Barkley has labelled AFL players 'idiots' while two tennis players have been accused of soliciting prostitutes in Sweden.

Four seeded women, including No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 5 Muscovite Nadia Petrova, went by way of the upset Wednesday at the $1 million Kremlin Cup.

Defending champion Jelena Jankovic advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday by defeating Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 5-7, 6-1. Wayne Odesnik of the United States rallied to upset second-seeded Victor Hanescu of Romania 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. Jankovic won the first set after Shvedova hit into the net twice to give her the 10th game.

Fifth-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia easily advanced to the second round of the Kremlin Cup, beating teenager Yana Buchina 6-2, 6-0 on Monday.

World number one Serena Williams, Frenchman Gael Monfils and four-time champion Lleyton Hewitt have been confirmed to play in the WTA/ATP Sydney International in January, organisers said.

Share + Oct 15, 2009 2:44 pm US/Eastern BALTIMORE 1 of 1 Melanie Oudin of the United States celebrates her defeat against Nadia Petrova of Russia during day eight of the 2009 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sept.

A few thoughts as the season winds to an end ... 1. Get me rewrite! For months now, the WTA has been less stable than AIG's stock price.

Wearing black spandex tights beneath her pinkish-purple dress, Nadia Petrova could have passed for a cycling instructor en route to spin class.

Serena Williams was knocked out of the China Open on Thursday, losing to Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 only days before regaining the No.

Svetlana Kuznetsova eased to a semifinal victory over fellow Russian Nadia Petrova to set up a meeting with Agnieszka Radwanska in the final of the China Open.

Big-serving Marin Cilic produced a major upset by routing Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the China Open on Saturday.

China's Peng Shuai did not continue with her giant-killing run at the 6.6 million U.S. dollars China Open as she was stopped by Russia's 13th seed Nadia Petrova 6-7 ,6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns the ball to James Blake of the United States during their second round match at the China Open in Beijing yesterday.

Djokovic was broken three times in the second set, but the fourth-ranked Serb regained his form in the third set and took advantage of Verdasco's 19 unforced errors in the match.

Serena Williams was knocked out of the China Open on Thursday, losing to Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in the third round only days before officially recovering her No.