On the Baseline Tennis News

The only thing more emotional than a Vera Zvonareva or Victoria Azarenka singles match is a doubles match featuring both of them.

The drama queens ruled the desert this week and won the 2009 BNP Paribas Open women’s doubles title on Saturday.

Ana Ivanovic and Vera Zvonareva advanced to the final of the 2009 BNP Paribas Open on Friday in Indian Wells, California.

One month after becoming the talk of the Middle East desert, Israel’s Shahar Peer is again in the middle of the hot spotlight.

But this time in another desert on the other side of the world, Peer’s tennis is doing the talking.

Defending champion Ana Ivanovic of Serbia will face Russia’s Vera Zvonareva in the 2009 BNP Paribas Open championship match.

Zvonareva advanced to the final after beating her doubles partner Victoria Azarenka in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Alica Kleybanova. Victoria Azarenka.

If you cannot spell their names, you should at least learn how to pronounce them because you could be watching these women compete for years to come. Join the discussion in this special Indian Wells edition of Open Forum Friday!

Beijing Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva will receive a warm welcome at the 2009 Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.

Tournament officials have announced that the two-time Grand Slam finalist from Russia expects to compete at April’s event.

No. 23 seed Sybille Bammer withdrew from the tournament on Thursday because of a shoulder injury, handing No. 5 seed and defending champion Ana Ivanovic a berth in the semifinals.

Is Kim Clijsters planning to make a comeback?

Lindsay Davenport, one of the most popular tennis moms of all time, thinks that the former US Open champion could be joining the ranks of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour’s working mothers soon.

Defending champion Ana Ivanovic advanced into the semifinals of the 2009 BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.

Her opponent in the quarterfinals, Sybille Bammer, has withdrawn with a left shoulder injury. Ivanovic will play seventeen year-old newcomer Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Victoria Azarenka accomplished the biggest surprise of the tournament thus far by ousting top seed Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals Wednesday evening.

American player Mashona Washington was arrested on Monday in Indian Wells, California.

Washington and her doubles partner Bethanie Mattek lost today to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Martinez Sanchez.

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Dinara Safina crashed out of the 2009 BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday night in Indian Wells, California.

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beat the top seed in three sets 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

The most successful player on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour right now is not named Serena Williams, Dinara Safina or even Jelena Jankovic.

The best professional women’s tennis player of 2009 is an agile nineteen year-old from Minsk, Belarus.

Former world number one Maria Sharapova’s return to singles competition has been delayed yet again.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced the news on Wednesday that Sharapova will skip next week’s mandatory Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

When asked about her plans for the future once she retires, Safina confided that she would like to be a wife and mother.

However, there is one small problem for the top seed at the 2009 BNP Paribas Open.