World # 1, Serena Williams continued her dominance on top of the WTA tour by handily dismissing # 3, Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the championship match of the 2013 Italian Open completed in Rome today. In doing so, Serena extended her longest career winning streak to 24 consecutive matches. Her previous longest streak had
Former World No. 1, current No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was taken out in the first round of the Porsche Grand Prix, falling to No. 23 Carla Suarez-Navarro of Spain. The tournament is being played in Stuttgart, Germany Apr. 22-28. Wozniacki, seeded seventh, had an early 3-0 lead, but let it get away, losing
Playing as the oldest No. 1 ranked woman in the open era, Serena Williams captured her 6th title at Miami with a three-set victory over No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the 2013 Sony Open. Maria started out very aggressive and broke Serena in the fifth game to take a 3-2 lead in the first set.
On Sunday at Indian Wells, Maria Sharapova showed a dominating performance to take the title over Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-2 in the 2013 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. Maria not only dominated the final, she dominated the entire tournament, breezing through without dropping a set. She encountered only one tie-break, against No. 6 seed,
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is no longer World No. 1 in spite of defeating No. 2 ranked Serena Williams in the final of the 2013 Qatar Open held in Doha, Qatar Feb. 11-Feb 17. Final score: 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3. In spite of the loss, Serena took over the No. 1 ranking simply by advancing
No. 3 ranked 31-year-old Serena Williams of the USA says she is playing some of her best tennis, and she backed up her statement with an easy win over 36th ranked Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia on Saturday in the Brisbane International final, 6-2, 6-1. Serena has won 35 of her past 36 matches, including titles
No. 208 ranked Melanie Oudin of the United States has won her first WTA title, overcoming No. 22 ranked Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the final of the 2012 Aegon Classic in Bermingham, England, a warm-up event for Wimbledon. Oudin won the rain-delayed, grass-court final 6-4, 6-2. The 20-year-old Oudin came through qualifying and won
No. 3 ranked, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated No. 5 ranked Na Li of China in the final of the WTA Apia International played in Sydney, Australia on Friday. Azarenka overcame a second-set lapse in the Australian warm-up tournament for a 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 win over last year's champion Li. After staying on serve until
World No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, was upset on Wednesday in a quarterfinal match at the 2012 WTA Apia International Sydney tournament by No. 7 seed, Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Wozniacki had a chance to serve out the match at 5-4 in the second set, but was broken, then lost four straight games leading
No. 7 Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated No. 8 Samatha Stosur of Australia 6-2, 6-4 to win the championship at the Internazionali BNL d' Italia Alice Cup in Rome on Sunday. Sharapova was dominant from the start, winning 14 of the first 15 points in the match to take a 4-0 lead, finishing off that
