Auckland

Two Romanian tennis players, doubles' specialists Horia Tecau and Florin Mergea, managed similar performances on Friday; each of them qualified in the mens' doubles final of two ATP tournaments, in Sydney and Auckland, respectively.

LONDON - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic has been shortlisted for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year.

Ivanovic finished the season as No. 5, after claiming four titles (Auckland, Monterey, Birmingham, Tokyo) and with the score of 58-17 achieved the highest number of victories during the WTA tour.

TOKYO - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic won her 15th career title early Sunday by beating Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) in the final of the Tokyo WTA tournament.

After Auckland, Monterrey and Birmingham, it was Ivanovic's fourth trophy this season, which brought her 470 WTA points.

Candice Zachariahs & Kevin Buckland

The euro was 0.4 percent from its lowest level versus the dollar since November as investors held the largest position in two years betting on a drop in the currency before the region’s central bank meets this week.