The Indian ace lost to Meghann Shaughnessy in the US $200,000 Istanbul Cup tennis tournament
Sania Mirza won her first WTA Tour title of the season, clinching the doubles crown at the Morocco Open with American Vania King.
Nirupama Vaidyanathan salutes the Belgian ace, who retired earlier last month as world No. 1.
The tennis ace believes that clay will be the ideal platform for her to make a comeback after a knee injury.
In the semi-finals of the Luxembourg Championship the teenager will play Italian fifth seed Francesca Schiavone.
The French teenager will meet top seed Nadia Petrova.
Romanian teenager Sorana Cirstea upset third seed Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 in the second round of the Family Circle Cup.
The 20-year-old, who will be out of action for four weeks, moved up to 45 in the latest WTA Tour singles ranking.
After a week's break, the Indian ace returns to the circuit at the Qatar Open where she takes on Romina Oprandi in the first round.
The Belgian fresh from her victory in Dubai, bids for a Gulf double when she starts as overwhelming favourite at the Qatar Open.
Sania Mirza and Marta Domachowska beat Natalie Grandin and Milagros Sequera 6-4, 6-3 in the first round in Cincinnati
Wawrinka splits with long-time coach Norman
The Indian ace was beaten by Argentine Gisela Dulko in the semi-finals of the WTA Tour event in Pattaya.
The Australian Open champion pulled out at the last minute due to sickness.
Justine Henin, playing her first match of the year, had to come back from a set down to beat Frenchwoman Emilie Loit at the Paris Open on Wednesday.
After successive weeks of upward surge, Sania Mirza slipped one place to 49 in the singles charts.
Twice Wimbledon champion Serena Williams withdrew from this year's tournament because of injury.
The former world No 4 denied recent suggestions from her father that she had been kidnapped.
The Indo- South African pair shocked second seeds Virginia Ruano Pascual of\nSpain and American Meghann Shaughnessy in the semi-finals of the Bausch and Lomb Championships.
Instant-replay technology used at last week's Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami, organisers and tennis players said
The Indian ace was beaten by Anna Tatashvili of Georgia in the first round of the Nasdaq 100 Open.
The Belgian world number six will face Kaia Kanepi the final of the Hasselt Cup.
The Indian tennis ace hopes to finish in the top 20 next season.
The Indian ace will clash with Martin Hingis for a berth in the final of the Sunfeast Open.
Sania Mirza's advanced to the second round of the doubles main draw at Strasbourg Open.
After a stomach injury cut short the last-leg of her season, Sania Mirza slipped two rungs to 32nd in the latest WTA Tour rankings.
Leading the field at the US $175,000 event will be former World No. 1 Martina Hingis and India's teenage sensation Sania Mirza.
A fatigued Sharapova lost to fellow-Russian Elena Dementieva while Williams was beaten Serbian Jelena Jankovic in the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Open.
Maria Sharapova's hopes of a second successive WTA Tour title ended when she was shocked by fellow Russian Elena Dementieva in the Los Angeles Open semi-finals.
Serena beat Meghann Shaughnessy while Sharapova beat Dinara Safina to move into the Los Angeles Open semi-finals.
Serena Williams did not need the help of a fan-filled Arthur Ashe Stadium to provide a lift during her 7-5, 6-4 win over the 96th ranked Kristie Ahn.
Birbal Wadhera, a tennis umpire from Chandigarh, has been selected for umpiring at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.
Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Rogers Cup with a sore left arm on Thursday, putting the five-time grand slam champion's US Open participation in doubt.
They were beaten by the top-seeded pair of Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko.
The ex-world number one is confident she can again become a dominating force on the WTA Tour.
The Czech world number 52 had beaten top-10 players Simona Halep and Johanna Konta on her way to the final
Ai Sugiyama is the number one Asian player at 28nd rank.
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