Agnieszka Radwanska struggled with desert wind and a determined opponent from qualifying as the fifth seed scratched out a 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5 defeat of Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Dubai Championships. Czech Lu

Dubai - Agnieszka Radwanska struggled with desert wind and a determined opponent from qualifying as the fifth seed scratched out a 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 7-5 defeat of Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Dubai Championships.

Double Grand Slam winner Svetlana Kuznetsova dropped nine places to 27th in the latest world rankings published Monday after she crashed out in the third round of the Qatar Open. Kuznetsova lost to Lucie Safarova last week and fell behind the Czech, who

She has a long way to go before she even goes close to matching his feat, but Victoria Azarenka is beginning 2012 in the way that Novak Djokovic embarked on his season in 2011. Azarenka has not been beaten since the final of last year's WTA Championships

DOHA: World number one Victoria Azarenka (pic) won her 15th consecutive match of the season to make the semi-finals of the WTA Qatar Open on Friday, a year after she almost quit the sport. The Belarusian star defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0, 6-4

MICHAEL CASEY, AP Sports Writer | Marion Bartoli of France retires after injuring her leg during the women's singles semifinal match against Samantha Stosur of Australia at the Qatar tennis open tournament in Doha, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Osam

GOLD Coast's Samantha Stosur has continued her good recent form following a poor Australian Open campaign by marching to the Qatar Open semi-finals. The US Open champion, who was dumped out in the opening round at Melbourne Park last month, advanced to t

World number one Victoria Azarenka won her 15th consecutive match of the season to make the semifinals of the WTA Qatar Open on Friday, a year after she almost quit the sport. The Belarusian star defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0, 6-4 to stay on c

AP Samantha Stosur has continued her good recent form following a poor Australian Open campaign by marching to the Qatar Open semi-finals. The US Open champion, who was dumped out in the opening round at Melbourne Park last month, advanced to the last fo

Australia's Samantha Stosur has won through to the semi-finals of the Qatar Total Open. Stosur needed three sets to get past Monica Niculescu of Romania, but eventually recorded the 6-2 2-6 6-3 victory in one hour and 45 minutes. Stosur will now meet Mar

DOHA: World number one Victoria Azarenka won her 15th consecutive match of the season to make the semifinals of the WTA Qatar Open on Friday, a year after she almost quit the sport. The Belarusian star defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0, 6-4 to sta

DOHA: World number one Victoria Azarenka swept into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with a swift demolition of Romanian Simona Halep on Thursday as Lucie Safarova claimed another top scalp. Belarusian Azarenka, the Australian Open champion, won 10 g

World number one Victoria Azarenka won her 15th consecutive match of the season to make the semi-finals of the WTA Qatar Open on Friday, a year after she almost quit the sport. The Belarusian star defeated Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 6-0, 6-4 to stay on

Fresh off last month's win at the 2012 Australian Open, top-ranked Russian Victoria Azarenka has defeated Simona Halep of Romania in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the 2012 Qatar Open quarterfinals. Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic also held b

That’s pretty much all a stunned Swiss team could do after a shocking loss to the United States in Davis Cup play last weekend (and if the damage control Federer was rightfully forced to do following that loss is any indication, they couldn’t even explai

LITTLE ROCK FOOTBALL Spurrier to meet with NCAA South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier and 10 other university coaches, leaders and officials will be in Los Angeles today through this weekend to appear before the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The NCAA sai

Doha: Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka swept aside Simona Halep of Romania 6-3, 6-1 to reach the Qatar Open quarter-finals while Lucie Safarova dumped Svetlana Kuznetsova out of the tournament. Third-seeded Sam Stosur took advantage of shaky serving from Pet

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns the ball to Simona Halep of Romania during their women's singles match at the Qatar Open in Doha. Doha - World number one Victoria Azarenka swept into the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open with a swift demolition of Rom

Compared to Day 2's uproar of upsets, Day 3 only had a blip on the radar of lost seeds in the 2012 Qatar Open. No. 14 seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia was the only seed to lose in the third round of the tournament in Doha. She dropped her match 7-6 (