On the Baseline Tennis News

After eight months of exciting tennis around the globe, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour is headed to New York City for the season’s last major tournament.

Aaress Lawless previews the upcoming action at Flushing Meadows and takes a first look at the players to watch during the 2009 US Open.

One hundred and twenty-six women are heading to Flushing Meadows with the goal of winning a major title before the 2009 season comes to an end.

The US Open gives one final opportunity to achieve greatness, but who needs to step up their game the most for a chance to win?

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.

World number one Dinara Safina’s stellar 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season will include a ticket to the prestigious Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha.

The tournament will take place for the second year in a row at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Qatar, from October 27-November 1, 2009.

The Fourth of July at Wimbledon will showcase an All-American (and All-Williams) affair.

Venus and Serena Williams have advanced for the second consecutive year into the women’s final.

Svetlana Kuznetsova won her second career Grand Slam title on Saturday at the 2009 French Open.

Kuznetsova defeated her Russian countrywoman and world number one Dinara Safina in straight sets 6-4, 6-2.

We asked our over 700 followers on Twitter for help with picking the winner of the 2009 French Open.

Read their opinions and then join in the conversation by leaving your pick in the comments!

The 2009 French Open women’s singles draw took a surprising turn on Wednesday when second seed and title favorite Serena Williams was beaten in three sets by Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Can Kuznetsova keep her Grand Slam run alive in the semifinals? If so, who will meet her in Saturday’s championship match?

World number one Dinara Safina continued her amazing run at the 2009 French Open by beating Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Newcomer Dominika Cibulkova is also through to her first major semifinal after an impressive victory over Maria Sharapova.

It’s hardly going out on a limb to say that the world number one, who has just won two clay titles in a row and made the final in a third, will win at Roland Garros.

But as Drew Lilley reminds, Grand Slams are far more challenging and require players to summon up the best within them.

The main draw for the 2009 French Open was released just hours ago, and players and fans alike are eager to see the intriguing matches lined up for Paris.

Take a look at On the Baseline’s preview of the women’s main draw, along with a few predictions on how Roland Garros might play out.

With the French Open approaching, the spotlight for success is trained on two players. Will reaching the No. 1 ranking be the “turning point” of Dinara Safina and Jelena Jankovic’s careers?

Matt Trollope takes a comprehensive look at major turning points in the lives of five other former number one players.

Dinara Safina solidified her status as the number one tennis player in the world by winning her second consecutive title on Sunday.

Safina, the top seed at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, needed only two sets to win her eleventh career title.

Sports apparel company adidas has unveiled the outfits that current world number one Dinara Safina and defending champion Ana Ivanovic will wear next week at the French Open.

Safina is expected to wear a two-piece ensemble showcasing adidas’s FORMATION technology.

World number one tennis player Dinara Safina won her first title of the 2009 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour season on Saturday.

Safina, the top seed at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome, defeated her countrywoman Svetlana Kuznetsova in the singles final 6-3, 6-2.