Dinara Safina made a scrappy start to her Beijing duel with Serena Williams for the world number one spot by beating Italian Roberta Vinci 6-4 6-4 in the first round of the $6.6 million China Open on Sunday.
Venus Williams dug deep to advance to the second round of the China Open on Saturday in Beijing, where she won Olympic doubles gold with sister Serena last year.
Venus Williams advanced into the second round of tennis China Open by defeating Vera Dushevina of Russia in two straight sets 6-2, 7-6(1).
Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the tennis China Open due to a severe upper respiratory tract infection, said the China Open organizing committee here on Saturday.
Australia's Samantha Stosur was upset by Frenchwoman Alize Cornet in the opening round of the China Open WTA tournament on Saturday, becoming the first seed casualty at the elite tourney.
Former No 1-ranked Maria Sharapova won her first tournament since returning from a 10-month injury layoff when Jelena Jankovic was forced to retire in the first set of the Toray Pan Pacific final.
World No.6 Svetlana Kuznetsova expressed her confidence of the China Open 2009 at a news conference here on Friday.
The tennis world's No 2 player, Rafael Nadal announced on Wednesday he will compete at the China Open, which starts today.
With a splendid lineup of tennis stars from China and abroad, this year’s China Open is set to make some noise.
IMG Worldwide, the premier sports, entertainment and media company, announced on Monday that it had signed Li Na, Asia and China's number one tennis player, as a client.
Top-ranked and defending champion Dinara Safina was knocked out in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Monday by Taiwan's qualifier Chang Kai-chen.
Organizers of the China Open have revealed they will throw a farewell party for former world No 1 Marat Safin during the Oct 3-11 WTA and ATP joint tournament.
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