Women Who Serve

The top three seeds are no longer around, but the Madrid Open quarterfinal draw is nevertheless an intriguing one. Yesterday, 2nd seed Vera ...

Today in Kuala Lumpur, Jelena Dokic won her first WTA Tour title since 2002. Dokic defeated 5th seed Lucie Safarova 2-6, 7-6, 6-4, after Saf...

Jelena Dokic has made a surprise run to the final of the Malaysian Open. She defeated Michaella Krajicek in straight sets in the semifinals,...

Sania Mirza's comeback was cut short today by Zhang Shuai, who defeated her 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in the Guangzhou quarterfinals. Meanwhile, top...

Top seed Lucie Safarova gave her second round opponent, Johanna Larsson, a walkover today at the Prague Open. Safarova has sustained a left ...

Klara Zakopalova defeated 6th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues 7-5, 7-5 today in the first round of the Monterrey Open. Also going out in the fi...

Two high-quality semifinal matches in Paris produced two Open GDF SUEZ finalists today. 2007 finalist Lucie Safarova defeated 2nd seed Flavi...

Move, over Dinara--there's another Thrill Ride in town. Ever since the U.S. Open, Melanie Oudin has performed in Safina-like fashion, co...

Both 4th seed Francesca Schiavone and 5th seed Aravane Rezai were upset in the second round of the Open GDF SUEZ today in Paris. Lucie Safar...

Melinda Czink, a left-hander from Hungary, won her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title today, defeating (also left-handed) Lucie Safarova, 4-...

4th seed Lucie Safarova and 5th seed Melinda Czink will meet tomorrow to determine who is the 2009 Bell Challenge champion. Safarova defeate...

The first set played by Elena Dementieva and Sam Stosur in today's Rogers Cup quarterfinals contained plenty of exciting rallies, and pl...

If you are a fan of Lucie Safarova, I feel for you. As a big fan of a notable left-handed under-achiever, I know how frustrating the experie...

Marie Kirilenko retired in the second set of her second round match against Lucie Safarova today in Monterrey. Kirilenko suffered a left kne...

What's next for Victoria Azarenka? Not that many years ago, all eyes were on a fifteen-year-old named Nicole Vaidisova. She could hit th...

Lucie Safarova has defeated Peng Shuai, 6-4, 6-2, to take the Forest Hills Tennis Classic title. Both finalists were unseeded in a tournamen...

Peng Shuai defeated Carla Suarez Navarro today in Forest Hills, 6-1, 6-2, and Lucie Safarova defeated Iveta Benesova, 6-2, 6-4. Both finalis...

The unpredictable Maria Kirilenko was emphatically eliminated from the Pacific Life Open today by the talented Caroline Wozniacki, 6-2, 6-0....

Lucie Safarova (seed number 22), who sustained a gluteal muscle strain in Sydney and had to retire in the second round, is out of the Austra...

This time, it's Lucie Safarova, who gave Justine Henin at walkover in their second round in Sydney because of a strained right gluteal m...