Petra Kvitova

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has qualified for the final of the 500,000-dollar WTA tournament in Shenzhen (China) on Friday, after defeating Chinese player Saisai Zheng by 6-2, 6-3, in one hour and 26 minutes of play.

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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.

LONDON - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic will finish the 2014 season with 4,820 points and ranked as WTA No. 5.

The Serbian has won four titles in 2014 and notched the highest number of wins on the WTA tour - 58, with 17 losses.

Romania's female tennis player Simona Halep on Friday was defeated by Serbian Ana Ivanovic, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, in the last fixture of the Red Group at the 2014 WTA Finals in Singapore, but she and US player Serena Williams advanced to the tournament's semis on Saturday.

For her advancement to the semis, Halep takes home 463,000 US dollars and 530 WTA points.

Maria Sharapova finally got a win at the WTA Finals Friday but it wasn't enough to stop her crashing out of the tournament and blowing her opportunity to be crowned year-end world number one.
      

Romania's Simona Halep went down to World No. 3 in the world's rankings of professional women tennis players (WTA) released on Monday, after having retained the No. 2 spot for the past seven weeks (as of August 11).

Maria Sharapova overcame a fierce challenge from Petra Kvitova on Oct. 5 to win the China Open, her first title since she claimed victory at Roland Garros earlier this year.

BEIJING - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic failed to reach the final of the WTA tournament in Beijing, after losing to Russia's Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-4 on Saturday.

In the title match, Sharapova will face Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, who defeated Australia's Sam Stosur in the first semi-final earlier today.

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NEW YORK - Serbian female tennis player Aleksandra Krunic defeated the double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the Saturday match, 6-4, 6-4, and thus qualified for the U.S. Open third round.

NEW YORK – Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic made it to the third round at US Open after digging deep to beat Madison Keys of the United States 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 7-5 in the second round late on Thursday CET.

This second round victory in her second Grand Slam main-draw appearance is for now the biggest career achievement for the 21-year-old Serb, currently 145th in the WTA rankings.