Svetlana Kuznetsova

...Tuesday at the season-ending $4.55 million Sony Ericsson Championships. A second-seeded Serena edged out third-seeded French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (8-6), 7-5, while a seventh-seeded Venus lost to fifth-seeded Olympic gold...

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...in the latest rankings after just two weeks in top spot. Williams will play sister Venus, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Maroon Group in the round-robin. Safina has been drawn with Caroline Wozniacki, Jelena Jankovic...

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...Wigglesworth) - AP DOHA, Qatar Serena Williams overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (6), 7-5 in the group stage of the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships on Tuesday, improving her chance of ending the year as No. 1. Williams saved two set...

In this article: Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka, Elena Dementieva, Wimbledon, Australian Open, Dinara Safina, and Caroline Wozniacki

...the WTA season. A four-player Maroon Group boasts Serena, Kuznetsova, Dementieva and the former top-ranked Venus, while a four-woman White Group features Wozniacki, Azarenka, Jankovic and Zvonareva, playing in place of Safina. An undefeated...

In this article: Serena Williams, Vera Zvonareva, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, Venus Williams, Wimbledon, Victoria Azarenka, Jelena Jankovic, and Australian Open

...Sony-Ericsson Championships. Duelling with Russian Dinara Safina for the tenuous world No.1 ranking, Serena beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 in her first group match at the year-end championship. Venus choked while serving for a...

In this article: Serena Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Victoria Azarenka, Doha, Wimbledon, French Open, Moscow, and Beijing

Serena Williams, who plays her sister Venus later on Wednesday in the White Group, only had to win one more match than Russia's Safina to overtake her in the rankings and she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in her opening game on Tuesday.

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...a successful tournament debut by defeating Jelena Jankovic 6-2 6-3. Later on Tuesday, second-ranked Serena Williams faced French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova. The tournament features the top eight players in the world, with four...

In this article: Elena Dementieva, Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams, Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams, Sony, Dinara Safina, French Open, and Doha

...Kuznetsova, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4, for her first win in three matches. She needs Kuznetsova to beat Dementieva today to have a chance of advancing to the semifinals. Earlier, Caroline Wozniacki overcame severe leg cramps to beat Vera...

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...but only with a 155 point lead on the American. Williams won her opener on Tuesday against Svetlana Kuznetsova, to earn 160 points, and was facing sister Venus later on Wednesday. Should Safina be forced to withdraw from her remaining...

In this article: Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams, Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki, Victoria Azarenka, WTA, and Elena Dementieva