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30 October 2010: Kim Clijsters VS Samantha Stosur – WTA Championships – Live from Doha, Qatar

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29 October 2010: Kim Clijsters VS Vera Zvonareva – WTA Championships – Live from Doha, Qatar

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Dementieva retires at WTA Championships

Dementieva retires at WTA Championships
Russia’s Elena Dementieva returns the ball to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone during the 4th day of Qatar WTA Tennis Championship in Doha, Qatar, Friday Oct. 29, 2010.

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WTA Championships will commence Tuesday

WTA Championships will commence Tuesday
The WTA Tour’s season-ending Championships will get underway with a trio of round-robin matches on Tuesday, including one for world No. 1 star Caroline Wozniacki.

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The likeable Serbian, former world number one, has seen her drop out of the top 50 rankings in 2010 and has lost the media spotlight at the same time.

Injuries and a lack of confidence have caused the ‘Serbian Sweetheart’ to struggle on the tour and while her fellow countrywoman Jelena Jankovic has regained her form in this year with a big tournament win in Indian Wells, Ivanovic best tournament so far in 2010 was a semi-final appearance in a small tournament in Brisbane at the start of the year.

In fact Ana has failed to get past the second round in any other tournament and we are already nearly halfway through the tennis season. Hardly what we expect from a former world number one.

This week, though, we have seen a revival in the Serbians fortunes.

She has looked more at home on the clay of Rome than she has done in a long time and finally looks like she is on the right track to move back up the rankings. Clay is Ana’s favourite surface and it always amazes me how one win against a high ranked opponent can do wonders for a players confidence.

In the first round in Rome, Ivanovic was the underdog against Russian Elena Vesnina. The Russian has been in good form and had moved up to 32 in the world in recent weeks but with the pressure, for once, off the Serbians shoulders Ana let loose and thrashed her opponent 6-1 6-3 to set up a clash against rising star Victoria Azarenka.

Azarenka has struggled with injury in a few of her recent tournaments but would still have started the match as heavy favourite. Azarenka is one of the favourites for the French Open in a few weeks time.

Yet once again Ivanovic seemed to have rediscovered herself. Ana served five aces and showed battling qualities against her younger opponent that we haven’t seen for over a year. She saved six out of nine points and in the end won strongly 6-4 6-4. Next up – a clash with Elena Dementieva.

Dementieva had won their previous four matches against each other and such a strong clay court player would surely be able to stop any Ivanovic fairytale story with ease. Well, right from the start Elena couldn’t cope with the power and placement of her Serbian opponent.

Ivanovic was on fire. She blistered her way through the first set 6-1 allowing Dementieva to win only 44% of her first serves and incredibly none of her second serves. The second set was much closer between the players; both trading blows and winning each other serves.

Ivanovic’s won 75% of her first serves and this made the difference. The Serbian winning the second set tie-break 7-5 to move into the quarter finals of the tournament.

Ana continued her impressive form in the next round against yet another Russian powerhouse Nadia Petrova. The Serb breezed through the first set 6-2 and though she was made to work a touch harder in the second she still prevailed 7-5 for a straight sets victory.

She now faces Spain’s Maria Martinez in the last four with a possible all Serbia final on the horizon as Jelena Jankovic faces Serena Williams in the other semi-final.

However, whatever happens, Ana has made a start in her comeback campaign. Her performance in Rome should move the popular player back into the world’s top 50 and set her up for a good French Open campaign.

Perhaps winning her favourite Grand Slam may be too much to hope for from the 2008 champion yet Ana will be a dangerous floater in the draw and someone the top seeds will want to avoid in the early rounds.

Let’s hope this week is the start of a new era for the Serbian and she is able to regain her position within the world’s elite players, after all she is only still 22 years of age!

Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus hits a return to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London

Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus hits a return to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London
Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus hits a return to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London June 22 2010. REUTERS/Phil Noble

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Sam Querrey vs Robby Ginepri : AEGON Championships

Sam Querrey vs Robby Ginepri : AEGON Championships : Sam Querry will meet against Robby Ginepari on June 9th, 2010 at AEGON Championship.

Match Venue : London.

Match Time:12.30 P.M.

On Wednesday, Sam Querry is facing up Robby Ginepri in the AEGON Championship.

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Sam Querry is an American tennis player and currently ranked at World No.21 at ATP rankings. In the 2010 Serbia Open, he defeated countryman and also his doubles partner John Isner with 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4.

Robby Ginepri is also a american tennis palyer and won four matches out of eight in this year. He was kicked-off in the first round of Australian Open. Later, he underwent neck surgery to strengthen his performance. He defeated Sam Querry in the first round of French Open 2010 and in the second round he won against Potito Starace. In the third round, he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero and lost against World No.3 Novak Djokovic in the fourth round.

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Sam Querrey vs Robby Ginepri : AEGON Championships : Sam Querry will meet against Robby Ginepari on June 9th, 2010 at AEGON Championship.

Sam Querry is an American tennis player and currently ranked at World No.21 at ATP rankings. In the 2010 Serbia Open, he defeated countryman and also his doubles partner John Isner with 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–4.

Robby Ginepri is also a american tennis palyer and won four matches out of eight in this year. He was kicked-off in the first round of Australian Open. Later, he underwent neck surgery to strengthen his performance. He defeated Sam Querry in the first round of French Open 2010 and in the second round he won against Potito Starace. In the third round, he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero and lost against World No.3 Novak Djokovic in the fourth round.

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball against Marcos Daniel of Brazil at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball against Marcos Daniel of Brazil at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London
Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball against Marcos Daniel of Brazil at the Queen’s Club Championships in west London June 9, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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Dubai Tennis Championships

Any city which wishes to be up there with the most attractive in the world, needs to be able to call on some sort of a sports scene. It is no coincidence that three of the four major Grand Slam tennis events are held in arguably the world’s three most enduring tourist hot spots, with the US Open hosted in New York, the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris and the legendary Wimbledon championships a major part of London’s sporting and cultural calendar. A key element of Dubai’s sporting calendar is the Dubai Tennis Championships, played at the Aviation Club Tennis Center in the city and a major part of the warm-up schedule for players planning their assault on the new season in the aftermath of the first Grand Slam event of the year, Melbourne’s Australian Open.

The Dubai Tennis Championships are played on hard courts outdoors, much like two of the Grand Slam tournaments, the Australian and US Opens, and offers prize money far beyond any of the major tournaments, with the men’s singles winner earning more than US$2,200,000 and the women’s singles winner taking home slightly less – a clean two million dollars for the winning woman. Currently the reigning men’s singles champion is Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, while the women’s singles title is held by the USA’s Venus Williams. In recent years, however, the men’s tournament has traditionally been dominated by Swiss legend Roger Federer who, like the now-retired Belgian Justine Henin, has been triumphant four times between 2003 and 2007.

The tournament is a popular one among players, with the members of the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) voting it the best venue in the world for three consecutive years. The Aviation Club Tennis Center has been the home of the tournament since its inauguration in 1993, when it was founded as a men’s singles tournament, adding a women’s singles tournament eight years later. The Aviation Club features arguably Dubai’s best pub – certainly its best in the view of readers and writers of “What’s On” magazine – the Irish Village. The stadium court itself has 5,000 seats and is known simply as the Dubai Tennis Stadium. A versatile arena, when it is not I use for tennis the stadium is a popular concert venue having played home to acts such as Sting, Coolio and Bally Sagoo as well as boxing bouts.

The winner of the Dubai Tennis Championships can usually be expected to have a fine season ahead of them, with the record Grand Slam-winning Federer having experienced great success here and, in 2009, players such as Djokovic and Williams experiencing excellent runs, with Djokovic considered by many to be the most likely long-term challenge to World Number One Rafael Nadal. Venus Williams, a five-time Wimbledon champion and winner of many other Grand Slams, can pick and choose which tournaments she plays in these days, and routinely chooses to play in Dubai. The hard courts at the Aviation Club are reminiscent of many of the venues on the tour, with precious few choosing to host their tournaments on grass or clay courts, despite the latter’s association with hot weather, something Dubai knows all about.

Do u think Maria Sharapova will qualify for the ending championships?

Do u think Maria will get better in time for the championships and will she have enough points to make it into the top 8? If she does get one tournaments in at the last minute, will she be able to qualify?