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His voice cracking, an emotional Andy Murray used his victory speech to offer encouragement to an absent friend.

Caroline Wozniacki cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Poland's Urszula Radwanska on Sunday to open the Sydney International.

Serena Williams proved the break between seasons hasn't hurt her momentum, capturing her 47th career title with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Saturday in the Brisbane International final.

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew from her Brisbane International against Serena Williams with an infected right big toe on Friday, citing concerns about aggravating the injury so close to the Australian Open.

Serena Williams had a tough win over the woman she's predicting will one day top the rankings, setting up a semifinal match at the Brisbane International against current No. 1 Victoria Azarenka.

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka routed Kazakh qualifier Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday to set up a possible semifinal showdown with Serena Williams at the Brisbane International.

Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka routed Kazakh qualifier Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-0 on Thursday to set up a possible semifinal showdown with Serena Williams at the Brisbane International.

Serena Williams carried her relentless form into the New Year with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Alize Cornet on Tuesday at the Brisbane International, where Maria Sharapova withdrew and two other highly ranked players went out in the second round.

No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova has withdrawn from the Brisbane International before her opening match after feeling pain in her right collarbone during practice.

Caroline Wozniacki's first trip to the Brisbane International ended in a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1) first-round loss to Kazakhstan qualifier Ksenia Pervak on Monday. She quickly followed up by dismissing speculation about an engagement to golf No. 1 Rory McIlroy.

Serena Williams joked that since the calendar still read 2012, she needed to maintain this year's dominant form.

Sabine Lisicki of Germany and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia withdrew Monday from the Open GDF Suez.

It's easy to identify with Serena Williams' comments about not liking to work out and not loving her job.

Andy Murray warmed up for the Australian Open with a commanding 6-1, 6-3 victory over third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov on Sunday in the Brisbane International final.

Andy Murray warmed up for the Australian Open with a commanding 6-1, 6-3 victory over third-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov on Sunday in the Brisbane International final.

Alexandr Dolgopolov reached a hard-court ATP final for the first time, beating second-seeded Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the Brisbane International.