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WTA Tennis- Sharapova Won Title in Tokyo after 10-Months Away

by Ally White Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova finally (re-)experienced success after a 10-month layoff from tennis. The unseeded Sharapova took the title at Saturday's Pan Pacific Open final after 7th-seed Jelena Jankovic retired in the first set due to a wrist injury. Her withdrawal did not, however, bring joy to Sharapova, who wanted to win the final through her own efforts. Nevertheless, the Russian understood the need for withdrawal; the tennis star had had surgery on her should last October, not returning to tennis until May. The title is Sharapova's first since her surgery and the 20th of her career. Her last title was attained in April of 2008 at Amelia Island. Sharapova got off to a rough start; the Servian Janovik began strong, breaking her Russian opponent's serve and taking a 2-0 lead. Sharapova, however, rallied and took the next four games. By the time Jankovic took a timeout to have her right arm examined by her trainer, Sharapova had taken the lead in the ...

Top Ten Women Tennis Players Ranking

1. Safina Dinara ( RUS ). 2. Williams Serena ( USA ). 3. Williams Venus ( USA ). 4. Dementieva Elena ( RUS ). 5. Kuznetsova Svetlana ( RUS ). 6. Jankovic Jelena ( SRB ). 7. Zvonareva Vera ( RUS ). 8. Azarenka Victoria ( BLR ). 9. Wozniacki Caroline ( DEN ). 10. Petrova Nadia ( RUS ).

Top Ten Men Tennis Players Ranking

1. Nadal Rafael ( ESP ). 2. Federer Roger ( SUI ). 3. Murray Andy ( GBR ). 4. Djokovic Novak ( SRB ). 5. Del Potro Juan Martin ( ARG ). 6. Roddick Andy ( USA ). 7. Simon Gilles ( FRA ). 8. Verdasco Fernando ( ESP ). 9. Tsonga Jo-Wilfried ( FRA ). 10. Gonzalez Fernando ( CHI ).

Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships - Superb Set

by Peri Witny The Super-Serb trio of Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic has captured the fantasy and imagination of the tennis fanatics, and all three will be showing their talent in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships title started from 15th to 28th of this month. Both Jankovic and Ivanovic have already increased to world number one position, and there is little fear that Djokovic is ready to participate in this event in the distant future. Ivanovic has showed excellent performance in her top 100 debut in the year 2004 after her four Sony Ericsson WTA Tour events and following Wimbledon in 2005. In this way she was declared a player who crashed into the world's top 20 in tennis history first time. Bizarrely, in that season got victory over Hungary's Melinda Czink in the final game of qualifying round held in Canberra and before this, she has already defeated her again in the final to win her first career title. These online live tennis scores will bring momen...

ATP-Tennis Ranking For Men

1. Roger Federer ( Switzerland ) 2. Rafael Nadal ( Spain ) 3. Novak Djokovic ( Serbia ) 4. Nikolay Davydenko ( Russia ) 5. David Ferrer ( Spain ) 6. Andy Roddick ( USA ) 7. Richard Gasquet ( France ) 8. Mikhail Youzhny ( Russia ) 9. James Blake ( USA ) 10. David Nalbadian ( Argentina )

ATP-Tennis Ranking For Women

1. Justine Henin ( Poland ) 2. Ana Ivanovic ( Serbia ) 3. Svetlana Kuznetsova ( Russia ) 4. Jelena Jankovic ( Serbia ) 5. Maria Sharapova ( Russia ) 6. Venus Williams ( USA ) 7. Anna Chakvetadze ( Russia ) 8. Daniela Hantuchova ( Slovakia ) 9. Marion Bartoli ( France ) 10. Serena Williams ( USA )