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• Kim Clijsters closing in on return to top spot

  Kim Clijsters is two matches away from returning to the No. 1 ranking for the first time in five years.

• Clijsters moves up world rankings

  Australian Open winner Kim Clijsters has risen to second place in the world rankings and within close range of Caroline Wozniacki who holds on to the top spot despite once again failing to win a Grand Slam title.

• Sania a win away from main draw of ASB Classic

  Sania Mirza inched closer to the main draw of WTA ASB Classic after progressing to the final round of the qualifying event, following a straight set win over Silvia Soler Espinosa.

• Clijsters wins WTA Championships final

  Kim Clijsters of Belgium won the WTA Championships final, beating world number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, on Sunday.

• Dementieva retires after defeat in Doha

  Two-time Grand Slam finalist Elena Dementieva retired after bowing out of the WTA Championships on Friday, admitting in a tear-filled ceremony it was hard to leave after 13 years on the tour.

• Wozniacki to finish year as World No 1

  Caroline Wozniacki secured the year-end number one spot in the world ranking on Thursday, becoming the first ever Dane to do so, but only after suffering an early fright at the WTA Tour Championships here.

• Stosur upsets Wozniacki in WTA Championships

  Sam Stosur upset Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday at the WTA Championships, keeping alive the race for the top ranking for at least one more day.

• Czech qualifier ousts top seed Jankovic at Montreal

  Czech qualifier Iveta Benesova stunned Serbian top seed Jelena Jankovic 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the third round of the two million-dollar WTA Montreal Cup.

• Venus Williams withdraws from Montreal WTA event

  World number four Venus Williams said on Friday she has withdrawn from next week's two million-dollar WTA event in Montreal due to a nagging left knee injury that has frustrated her US Open preparations.

• Somdev loses top-100 status, Sania out of top-150

  Somdev Devvarman's stay in the top-100 lasted just one week as the Indian suffered a huge loss of 15 positions to find himself at 111th spot in the latest ATP rankings, issued on Monday.

• China's Li Na moves into top 10

  China's Li Na moved back into the Top 10 of the WTA rankings released on Monday, up one place to No.10 after beating Russia's Maria Sharapova to win the Birmingham WTA title on Sunday.

• Sania goes down to Tanasugarn

  Sania Mirza could not progress beyond the second round in her first tournament since marriage and went down to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the WTA tennis tournament on Thursday.

• Fifteen years on, Serena, Venus still at hurricane force

  Serena and Venus Williams are back on top of the world. More than 15 years after the history-making sisters blew into the women's game with hurricane force, they are still putting their rivals, many of them 10 years younger, to shame.

• Sania to return to competitive tennis next month

  Newly-wed Sania Mirza will return to competitive tennis at a WTA event starting on June 7 in Birmingham after a more than three-month gap during which she got married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.

• Stuttgart victory hands Henin Roland Garros boost

  Former world number one Justine Henin gave herself a French Open boost on Sunday with the first victory on her comeback as she won the Stuttgart WTA tournament.