Nadia Petrova

World Number 11 Confirmed For 2009 ASB Classic

The 2009 ASB Classic featuring the Kia Motors Singles and Doubles has scored another major name player by confirming world No11, Russian Nadia Petrova for the January 5-10 event. She is set to become the second seed for the...

Lost and found

One-time Australian citizen Jelena Dokic, whose tennis achievements were often overshadowed by her father’s antics, believes she is emerging from the dark. SOME days, Jelena Dokic could not get out of bed, paralysed by the...

World number 11 heading to Auckland

Updated at 6:55am on 15 November 2008 The world number eleven women's tennis player, Russian Nadia Petrova, will play in January's ASB Classic in Auckland. She is set to become the second seed for the tournament which will also...

Slumping Ivanovic feels Moscow chill

French Open champion Ana Ivanovic slumped to another dispiriting defeat on Wednesday when she was knocked out of the Kremlin Cup by unseeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova. Serbian golden girl Ivanovic, who rose to the world No 1...

Serena ends her year with an injury

Sunday, November 09, 2008 DOHA: Serena Williams’ chances of ending the year on a high note evaporated unexpectedly when she withdrew on Friday from the Sony Ericsson championships with a stomach muscle problem. The younger of...

Tennis: WTA Championships: Vera Zvonareva beats Jelena Jankovic in Doha

Vera Zvonareva brought Jelena Jankovic's winning run in Doha to an abrupt halt. Photograph: Noushad Thekkayil/EPA If Jelena Jankovic can stay in one piece, she may yet win the first major title she so craves. For half an hour...

Tsonga wins Paris Masters

PARIS: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat defending champion David Nalbandian of Argentina 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Paris Masters and qualify for the season-ending Masters Cup. The 13th-seeded Tsonga clinched his second career...

Men's and women's world rankings

MEN (previous week's rankings in brackets): 1. (1) Rafael Nadal, Spain, 6675 points 2. (2) Roger Federer, Switzerland, 5205 3. (3) Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4645 4. (4) Andy Murray, Britain, 3420 5. (6) Nikolay Davydenko, Russia,...

Briefs | Andy Bean, Jay Haas earn big Champions Tour checks

Bean, 55, earned $442,000. Jay Haas also had reason to celebrate after the Champions Tour's final event of the year, despite tying for 16th. Haas, 54, secured the Schwab Cup for the second time in three years by winning the...

Stardom Bound sold to Big Brown group

The owner of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown added the nation's top juvenile filly to his stable yesterday with a $5.7 million purchase of Stardom Bound. Michael Iavarone, co-owner of IEAH Stables, said it was a...

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