The retirement of Elena Dementieva comes as a bit of a shock and surprise to her many fans. She was one Russian player who always seemed on the cusp of usurping a Grand Slam but just could not pull it ...

DOHA, QatarDOHA, Qatar — Beijing Olympics champion Elena Dementieva announced her retirement from professional tennis Friday after bowing out of the WTA Championships. Dementieva, who has struggled ...

When Elena Dementieva walked off the court at the French Open last June, she pulled her visor down low to shield the tears that were welling up in her eyes. The Russian had just retired from her ...

when watching WTA tennis for a while. It's difficult to say what constitutes a suitable mourning period for this kind of thing. In case you missed it, last week. There's nothing new about a player ...

DOHA (Reuters) - Elena Dementieva lost 6-4 6-2 to Italy's Francesca Schiavone at the WTA Championships on Friday before stunning the crowd by announcing her retirement from tennis. In the White Group, ...

The hype ran hot and thick all night. Chris Fowler, the football commentator who moonlights at tennis' majors, called the showdown at the Australian Open "perhaps the greatest second-round match in ...

Everybody waited with bated breath for this match when the draw was announced and now it’s finally here. Day Three of the Australian Open promises to be cracking as we will observe a cool Belgian ...

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Despite already having commitments from the two-time defending women's singles champion and the reigning queen of the French Open, Pilot Pen Tennis tournament director Anne Worcester never gave up ...

NEW HAVEN -- In day two of rainy day theater taking center stage at the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament, Elena Dementieva was so stunned that she was finally going to get to play for keeps that she ...

The problem here isn't Buffalo Sabres winger Max Afinogenov dropping the mitts and getting into a fight with former Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jiri Novetny in a KHL game. It's that former tennis ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.(AP) World No. 6 Elena Dementieva beat Melanie Oudin 7-6 (7-4), 0-6, 6-3 to give Russia a lead over the U.S. in a Fed Cup semifinals match. The third straight tightly contested match ...