On the Baseline Tennis News

Jelena Jankovic, Victora Azarenka and Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Wednesday.

Nadia Petrova spent time sampling the local cuisine and learning the Japanese art of furoshiki this week in Tokyo.

Five more seeded players exited the singles draw on Tuesday at the Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Venus and Serena Williams will make a special trip to the Middle East before enjoying the off-season.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced Tuesday that for the first time in their doubles career, the Williams sisters have qualified for the doubles event at the Sony Ericsson Championships.

Dinara Safina, Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova were upset in their opening matches in Tokyo on Monday.

Russia’s Dinara Safina entered her twenty-fourth straight week as the number one player in the world when the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour rankings were updated Monday.

Have you ever wondered how the top players can compete for hours and still walk around with perfect hair?

IMG Worldwide announced Monday morning that it has signed Li Na as its newest tennis client.

Na is Asia and China’s No. 1 player and recently reached the quarterfinals at the US Open.

Tenth seed Ana Ivanovic was ousted in the first round of Tokyo by Lucie Safarova in straight sets.

Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm won her first Tour title since 1996 on Sunday in Korea.

Shahar Peer won her second consecutive Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title on Sunday at the Tashkent Open.

World number one Dinara Safina, Venus Williams, Elena Dementieva and Caroline Wozniacki are the top four seeds at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Second seed Shahar Peer and Akgul Amanmuradova will contest the Tashkent final on Sunday.

Second seed Anabel Medina Garrigues will play Kimiko Date Krumm on Sunday in the final at Seoul.

Fifth seed Stefanie Voegele was beaten by Akgul Amanmuradova on Friday in Tashkent.