Clijsters has priorities in order

...by American hubby Brian Lynch and daughter Jada, who's nearing 2 years old. After all, Dinara Safina wasn't playing like a No. 1, the Serbs were in flux, Maria Sharapova continued to...

Safina withdraws from Brisbane

Dinara Safina withdrew from next month's Brisbane International because of a bad back, leaving her status for the Australian Open in doubt.

Clijsters' U.S. Open win highlights '09

The 2009 tennis season presented its share of thrills, spills, fulfillment and futility. With that, we give you our 2009 WTA awards.

Federer facing ever-growing challenges

After an emotional 2009 season full of unprecedented highs and gut-wrenching lows, 28-year-old Roger Federer is back on top. But he'll find that the going only gets tougher from here.

More to be thankful for than the Detroit Lions

...a season-saving win over Federer in London. Serena Williams: She's lucky she's had Dinara Safina around this year, just to remind us that she's still the Big Dogette on the...

Nothing wrong with Novak being No. 3

...between the likes of Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and that natural-born No. 3, Dinara Safina. This No. 1 versus No. 2 thing is as old as the hills, in everything from...

Team-before-self mentality serves Italians well

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy -- The Cinderella story of the 2009 U.S. Fed Cup team has come to a disappointing end. The dark cloud cover on Sunday matched t...

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...

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...