Triumphs to tears: Assessing the 2009 WTA stars

...Williams The defining moment of Serena's 2009 season came not in Melbourne, where she dominated Dinara Safina for her 10th career Grand Slam singles title, nor at Wimbledon, where she soundly defeated her...

Digital Serve: Nov 2nd

Jennifer welcomes in Bonnie D. Ford to give some insight on Andre Agassi's recent confessions and Serena Williams ending the year number one.

Serena right where she belongs

...major stories of the WTA season could be forgiven for looking back on the brouhaha attending Dinara Safina's tenure as the No. 1 player, scratching his head and asking: What was that all...

WTA Tour says withdrawals down

The chief executive of the WTA Tour says a new scheduling system with fewer mandatory tournaments has caused player withdrawals to fall.

Venus advances with Dementieva loss

Venus Williams has reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships with a little help from Svetlana Kuznetsova, whose 6-3, 6-2 victory over Elena Dementieva secured the American's passage into the knockout round.

Safina enters Brisbane tourney

Two days after tearfully pulling out of the WTA Championships with a serious back injury she thought could keep her out of the Australian Open, Dinara Safina is entering the Brisbane International.

Williams sisters, Wozniacki win

Serena Williams clinched a spot in the semifinals of the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships after beating Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-4 for her third straight win in the group phase.

Where does Safina go from here?

...earlier than expected in Doha. Yes, Serena Williams, she of the two majors in 2009, edged Dinara Safina, she of the doughnut in Slams -- but a winner in Rome and Madrid. (Insert Williams' stand...

Dinara Safina of Russia serves shortly before retiring from her singles tennis match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic...

...the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar on October 28, 2009. Russia's Dinara Safina hobbled out of the WTA Championships, tearfully surrendering the year-end world number one ranking to...

Safina withdraws with back injury

Dinara Safina withdrew from WTA Sony Ericsson Championships because of a back injury, handing the year-end No. 1 ranking to Serena Williams.

Serena wins, Venus loses

Victoria Azarenka has defeated Jelena Jankovic in the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in the first round-robin group match.

...Williams of United States, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Elena Dementieva of Russia, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, Dinara Safina of Russia, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Venus William of United States...

Digital Serve: Oct 26th

Jennifer Williams welcomes in ESPN.com tennis writer Bonnie D. Ford to preview what's at stake at the upcoming year-end WTA Sony Ericsson Championship.

Does Clijsters deserve exemption into year-ender?

...they should. The Sony Ericsson Championships field is composed of the top eight 2009 point winners: Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic. If...