On the Baseline Tennis News

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Victoria Azarenka are the first players to reach the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open semifinals.

Kuznetsova, the 2006 champion in Miami, needed three sets to get past Caroline Wozniacki on Tuesday, and Victoria Azarenka stormed past Samantha Stosur in less than one hour.

Martha Stewart and her beloved pooches made headlines recently after launching their new online blog.

But Serena Williams has trumped the domestic diva. Her dog Laurelei sends emails.

Top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber were upset yesterday in the second round by wild cards Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amelie Mauresmo.

Venus and Serena Williams have dominated at the Sony Ericsson Open for over a decade.

After a particularly disastrous Sunday in Miami, there is little doubt that this year will be any different.

Four of the Top 10 seeded players at the Sony Ericsson Open fell on Sunday in Miami.

Dinara Safina and Ana Ivanovic joined the list of Sunday’s casualties this afternoon at the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida.

Twelve hours after third seed Jelena Jankovic bowed her exit, Safina and Ivanovic were upset in the third round of play.

Third seed Jelena Jankovic suffered her second consecutive opening round upset early Sunday morning at the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open.

Argentina’s Gisela Dulko played one of the best matches of her career in the second round of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open tonight.

The unseeded Dulko ousted third seed and last year’s finalist Jelena Jankovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-6(5) early Sunday morning in Miami.

Follow all the live action from both the ATP World Tour and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on your computer at TennisTV.com.

Once considered the biggest young star since Maria Sharapova, Nicole Vaidisova managed to live up to the expectations—for a while.

Three years after bursting into the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s Top 10, Vaidisova is now struggling to win more than two matches in a row.

Former US Open champion Kim Clijsters will return to active competition this summer after spending over two years retired.

Clijsters, who gave birth to a daughter last year, is expected to return officially at the Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

Twelfth seed Marion Bartoli was upset in the second round at the Sony Ericsson Open on Friday by Anastasiya Yakimova.

CBS Sports, Fox Sports Net and Tennis Channel will provide coverage of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open in the United States.

Live matches will begin airing Saturday on TTC and FSN, and CBS will broadcast both singles finals live next weekend.

Maria Sharapova’s name might not be on the draw sheet, but she still helps draw a good crowd at the Sony Ericsson Open.

The crowds began to form well before the three-time Grand Slam champion’s arrival on Thursday.

The fifth seeded team in doubles of Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama were upset in their first match yesterday in Miami.