On the Baseline Tennis News

Former US Open champion Kim Clijsters leads the roster of women who have been granted automatic entry into the main draw of the 2009 US Open.

The United States Tennis Association officially announced the list of this year’s recipients on Thursday.

Unseeded Aravane Rezai ousted top seed Dinara Safina in three sets on Wednesday at the Rogers Cup.

Eleven-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams has booked herself a ticket into the season-ending Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Championships.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced on Wednesday that Williams has qualified for the prestigious tournament in Doha, Qatar.

Qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko upset third seed Venus Williams on Tuesday in Toronto.

Seeds Nadia Petrova, Marion Bartoli and Amelie Mauresmo lost on Monday in the opening round of the Rogers Cup.

Italy’s Flavia Pennetta reached the Top 10 for the first time in her career when the updated Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings were released on Monday.

If you have not yet purchased your tickets for the 2009 US Open, it’s not too late!

Grand Slam Tennis Tours is offering a special ticket package just for fans of women’s tennis!

Russian stars Nadia Petrova and Maria Sharapova will face-off in the opening night session of the 2009 Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada.

Fifth seed Jelena Jankovic beat top seed Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to win the 2009 Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open title.

Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic won her eleventh Sony Ericsson WTA Tour career title on Sunday in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The fifth seed defeated world number one Dinara Safina in straight sets to capture the 2009 Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced on Monday that David Shoemaker has been appointed the new President of the world’s leading sport for women.

Shoemaker, 38, previously the Tour’s Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Head of the Asia-Pacific region, succeeds Stacey Allaster, who was recently appointed Chairman and CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.

Top seed Dinara Safina will play fifth seed Jelena Jankovic on Sunday in the final of the Western and Southern Financial Group Women’s Open.

Flavia Pennetta will make Italian tennis history on Monday when the new Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings are released.

Pennetta, who is currently riding a 15-match win streak, will be the first Italian woman to debut inside the Top 10.

World number one Dinara Safina ended Kim Clijsters’ comeback run in Cincinnati in the quarterfinals on Friday.

World number one Dinara Safina has proven herself to be one of the best players of this season with two Grand Slam finals already on her impressive highlight reel.

Tell us in this week’s edition of Open Forum Friday what you consider to be the most successful part of Safina’s tennis game.