(Hey y'all - I'll only be posting the ladies' preview today since it's long weekend here in the US for Memorial Day. I'll be back late Sunday for the opening day of Roland Garros. In the meantime, enjoy the preview!!!)

The Queen is dead!  read more »

Jelena Jankovic won her second straight Italian Open title, defeating French qualifier Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday.

Serbia's Jelena Jankovic kisses the trophy at the Italian Open women's tennis tournament in Rome after defeating France's Alize Cornet on Sunday, May 18, 2008. Jankovic won 6-2, 6-2.

MOSCOW - Amelie Mauresmo rallied to beat Alize Cornet 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4 Monday in the first round of the Kremlin Cup. The former top-ranked Frenchwoman will play second-seeded Dinara Safina of Russ...

Ana Ivanovic finally won a match. The former world No.1 defeated Alize Cornet 6-1 7-6 in the second round of the China Open and earned her first victory since August 26th when she beat Vera Dushevina in the US Open first round. The top seed suffered a shocking loss in the second round already, as she [...]

Ana Ivanovic put a stop to her Serbian Slide for now.  read more »

American Serena Williams defeated France's Alize Cornet 3-6 6-3 6-4 and joined sister Venus in the quarterfinals of the Olympics Tennis Event in Beijing. The possibility of an all-Williams final is still alive.

During the match Serena made 48 unforced errors and had her serve broken on three of five occasions.  read more »

Jelena Jankovic is now just one step away from defending her Internazionali BNL dItalia title. The Serb was supposed to play Maria Sharapova in the semifinals, but the Russian withdrew before the match with a calf injury. Sharapova believes that the injury is not serious and is expecting it to heal in a few days. Being [...]

Fifth-seeded Serena Williams withdrew from her Internazionali BNL dItalia quarterfinal against French qualifier Alize Cornet due to a back injury. Williams withdrawal gives world No.34 Cornet a walkover to the semifinals, where she'll face Russian sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze, a 6-2 3-6 6-1 winner over Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova. Remember, Pironkova was the one who stunned [...]

ROME (Reuters) - American fifth seed Serena Williams withdrew from her Italian Open quarter-final with French qualifier Alize Cornet on Friday because of a back injury, organisers said.

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Former world number one Serena Williams pulled out of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Friday because of a back injury.

Williams was scheduled to play her quarterfinal match against Alize Cornet this afternoon.

The injury to her back was sustained during practice, but she did not decide to withdraw until shortly before the match was due to start.

“It just happened all of a sudden in practice,” said Williams. “I just went for a shot and then my back got a little stuck, so that’s basically how it happened.”

Although it forced her out of this week’s Tier I event in Rome, Serena does not believe that the injury will affect her plans for Roland Garros.  read more »