On the Baseline Tennis News

Top seed Dinara Safina and third seed Venus Williams were both upset on Monday in the second round of the China Open.

Fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki was beaten in three sets by Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Sunday in Beijing.

Reigning French Open Svetlana Kuznetsova has qualified for the prestigious season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships.

The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour also announced on Sunday that the doubles team of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martínez Sanchez are also headed for Doha.

Samantha Stosur was beaten in the first round of the China Open by Aravane Rezai on Saturday.

Maria Sharapova won her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title of the year on Saturday in Tokyo.

Former world number one Ana Ivanovic has ended her 2009 tennis season early after an upper respiratory track infection prompted her to withdraw from the upcoming China Open.

Ivanovic has issued a statement recapping her disappointing year and her hopes for the future.

Maria Sharapova won her twentieth career singles title on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan.

The former world number one captured her first victory of the 2009 season after Jelena Jankovic retired injured in the final.

Jelena Jankovic will face Maria Sharapova in the singles final on Saturday in Tokyo.

With just two Premier level tournaments left to go in 2009, as well as the season-ending championships in Doha, opportunities for the top players to add some big ranking points to their record are dwindling.

Who do you think will end the 2009 season as No. 1?

Jelena Jankovic, Agnieszka Radwanska, Li Na and Maria Sharapova have reached the semifinals in Tokyo.

For Martina Hingis, Thursday marks the first day of the rest of her life.

After two long years of controversy, Hingis’ cocaine suspension from tennis is over.