On the Baseline Tennis News

It was a rough day for some seeded players as No. 2 Serena Williams, No. 3 Venus Williams, No. 6 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 7 Vera Zvonareva and No. 9 Victoria Azarenka lost in Cincinnati.

Former world number one Kim Clijsters is relishing the feeling of being back on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour circuit and is already adding more stops to her pre-US Open calendar.

The 2009 Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada has announced that Clijsters has accepted a wild card into next week’s tournament at the Rexall Centre.

Former Roland Garros champion Ana Ivanovic was beaten in the second round on Tuesday by Melinda Czink in straight sets.

Defending champion and tenth seed Nadia Petrova was beaten by Alona Bondarenko in straight sets on Tuesday in Cincinnati.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour ranking system is a rolling, 52-week, cumulative system.

While in Los Angeles last week for the 2009 LA Tennis Championships, soccer fan Caroline Wozniacki watched David Beckham and the LA Galaxy practice. Afterward, the Top 10 star met with some of the team members.

Wild card Kim Clijsters successfully launched her comeback bid with a straight sets victory over twelfth seed Marion Bartoli on Monday.

Dinara Safina remained atop the unchanged Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Top 10 when the new tennis rankings were released on Monday.

The 2009 Western and Financial Group Women’s Open will be available live on the internet, courtesy of Tennis TV.

Several of the best tennis players in the world are scheduled to compete including world number one Dinara Safina, Venus and Serena Williams, and comeback mom Kim Clijsters.

Flavia Pennetta proved once again that she is not only a clay court specialist by bringing home the biggest title of her career on the hard courts of Los Angeles.

Pennetta defeated two Top 10 players along the way to the LA Tennis Championships final before beating Australia’s Samantha Stosur in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.

Belgium’s Kim Clijsters is set to make her long anticipated return to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on Monday at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open in Cincinnati.

Flavia Pennetta of Italy won her eighth and biggest Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title on Sunday at the LA Tennis Championships.

Tenth seed Flavia Pennetta will play thirteenth seed Samantha Stosur in the final of the LA Tennis Championships on Sunday.

Flavia Pennetta ousted second seed Vera Zvonareva on Friday in Los Angeles.

Sony Ericsson and the stars of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour took tennis to a place it has never been before on Saturday – the middle of a fountain at one of America’s most famous amusement parks.

Kim Clijsters and Elena Dementieva, awed tennis fans by playing “Fountain Tennis” in Cincinnati.