On the Baseline Tennis News

Flavia Pennetta of Italy is the top seed at the Generali Ladies Linz this week in Linz, Austria.

US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki is the top seed at this week’s HP Open in Osaka, Japan.

Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova won her third title of the season on Sunday at the China Open.

Sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova will face twelfth seed Agnieszka Radwanska on Sunday in the women’s final at the China Open.

Fourteenth seed Marion Bartoli rallied to beat seventh seed Vera Zvonareva in three sets on Friday in Beijing.

Two more women have booked berths into the prestigious season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced Friday that Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka have qualified for the tournament in Doha, Qatar.

As the reigning Olympic gold medalist, Elena Dementieva is one of the most famous Russian athletes in the world.

For this week’s Open Forum Friday discussion, we want you to describe Elena. What first comes to mind when you think of her?

Second seed Serena Williams and the number one doubles seeds, Cara Black and Liezel Huber, were beaten on Thursday in Beijing.

Amelie Mauresmo ended her 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season prematurely on Thursday, quietly admitting for the first time that her desire to compete is gone.

The thirty-year-old French veteran is one of the few remaining finesse players at the top of the women’s game.

Tennis Channel will broadcast coverage of the women’s draw at the China Open beginning on Saturday.

The China Open is a mandatory tournament for the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour and a joint event with the ATP World Tour.

Fourth seed Elena Dementieva dropped just two games in her third round win over sixteenth seed Li Na.

As she began her final tournament on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in Tokyo, players and friends participated in a special on-court moment celebrating Ai Sugiyama’s tennis career.

Maria Sharapova battled to beat ninth seed Victoria Azarenka in three sets 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-5 on Tuesday in Beijing.

Serena Williams will be back on top of the world rankings come Monday morning.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced today that the reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon champion will recapture the top spot in women’s tennis.

Dinara Safina remained atop the unchanged Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Top 10 ranking list on Monday.

But Safina is now in danger of losing the top spot to Serena Williams after being defeated in the second round in Beijing.