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Simona Halep reaches China Open final, becomes World No.1
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct. 7 (ANI): Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has climbed up to the number one spot for the first time in the WTA rankings after thrashing Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets in the semi-finals of the China Open.
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Garbine Muguruza is the new World No.1
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Sept. 12 (ANI): Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza officially became the world number one as the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) updated the rankings on Monday.
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'No pressure' for Serena to make return in Australia: Mouratoglou
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Florida [U.S.A], Sept 8 (ANI): American tennis star Serena Williams, who was recently blessed with a baby girl, is upbeat to make a return to tennis in time to defend her title at the Australian Open in January, but her coach Patrick Mouratoglou has cleared that there would be no rush from h
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Svitolina, Wozniacki round out Top 5 in WTA Rankings
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], August 15 (ANI): Rogers Cup finalists Elina Svitolina and Caroline Wozniacki have both moved a place up in the WTA Rankings released on Monday.
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Forearm injury forces Sharapova to withdraw from Cincinnati
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Cincinnati [USA], August 14 (ANI): Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has been forced to withdraw from next week's WTA tournament in Cincinnati with a left forearm injury.
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Sharapova gets another wildcard, will play in Cincinnati Masters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 28 (ANI): Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova's dreams of bringing her career back on track following her 15-month doping suspension received a major boost, as she has received another wild card entry into the Cincinnati WTA tournament.
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Pliskova dethrones Kerber in WTA Rankings
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], July 17 (ANI): Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic has replaced Angelique Kerber at the number one spot in the latest WTA rankings released on Monday.
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Kvitova jumps to 12th in WTA Rankings
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], June 26 (ANI): Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has moved up to 12th spot in the latest WTA rankings after she made a winning comeback from a knife attack by lifting the Birmingham title.
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Players wished me good luck 'privately' before Sharapova encount
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], May 9 (ANI): Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard believes that plenty of other players on the WTA Tour have similar opinion regarding Maria Sharapova's return from an 15-month doping ban like her, but are too `scared` to speak about the same.
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`Wild-card` Sharapova set for Stuttgart return post doping ban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr 26 (ANI): After serving a 15-month doping suspension, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is all set to make her return to competitive tennis when she takes on Italian veteran Roberta Vinci in the opening match of the WTA Tour clay-court tournament, Stuttga
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Pregnant Serena surges back to World No. 1 spot
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr 24 (ANI): Just few days after announcing her pregnancy, American tennis star Serena Williams surged back to the world number one spot in the latest rankings issued by Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on Monday.
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Kerber to face confident Pavlyuchenkova in Monterrey Open summit clash
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Apr. 9 (ANI): World No. 1 Angelique Kerber will face a daunting task against three-time champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to clinch the Monterrey Open title, her first WTA title of 2017, on Sunday.
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