Sat, 10/30/2010 - 01:40 by Prince damin
Doha, Qatar -- Elena Dementieva, who was twice a major-tournament finalist and was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world, retired from competitive tennis Friday.
Dementieva, 29, made her decision public after she lost 6-4, 6-2 to Francesca Schiavone in her final round-robin match at the WTA Championships in Qatar. The loss formally eliminated Dementieva from the tournament.
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Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:13 by Prince damin
Palo Alto, Calif. -- Samantha Stosur and Elena Dementieva, the tourney's top two seeds, survived their second-round matches Wednesday at the Bank of the West Classic.
The top-seeded Stosur earned a quarterfinal berth by defeating Christina McHale 6-1, 7-5 and Dementieva won the day's last match with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision over Kimiko Date Krumm.
In the day's other matches, Agnieszka Radwanska got past Olga Savchuk 7-7 (7-4), 6-2 and Yanina Wickmayer was a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Dominika Cibulkova.
In the quarterfinals, Stosur will face Wickmayer and Dementieva will meet either Maria Sharapova or Olga Govortsova.
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Tue, 06/15/2010 - 21:52 by Inderjit Singh
London -- World No. 5 Elena Dementieva, a tournament semifinalist the last two years, has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of a calf injury.
Dementieva retired from her semifinal match against Francesca Schiavone in the French Open because of the injury. She posted on her Web site Tuesday that she hasn't fully recovered from the problem and would skip the year's third tennis major.
Dementieva is 26-9 and has won two tournaments this year.
She lost to Venus Williams in the 2008 Wimbledon semifinals and to Serena Williams in the 2009 semis. Venus went on to win the 2008 title while Serena won in 2009.
Copyright 2010 United Press International.
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Wed, 03/17/2010 - 09:53 by Rakhi
Indian Wells, Calif. -- Russian Elena Dementieva cruised into the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif., Tuesday, knocking off Aravane Rezai of France 6-3, 6-3.
The fourth-seeded Dementieva notched three aces and won six-of-seven break points in a relatively easy match against 19th-seeded Rezai.
Dementieva will face fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Radwanska dispatched Marion Bartoli of France 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hour, 38 minutes.
Defending champion Vera Zvonareva of Russia fell to Samantha Stosur 6-2, 7-5.
China's Zheng Jie advanced with a marathon win over Aussie Alicia Molik 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1).
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Sun, 02/28/2010 - 07:58 by Rakhi
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Russians Elena Dementieva and Alisa Kleybanova posted straight-set wins Saturday in earning spots in the finals of the $220,000 Malaysian Open.
Dementieva, the tournament's No. 1 seed, defeated sixth-seeded Sybille Bammer 6-1, 6-3 and Kleybanova advanced with a 6-4, 6-1 triumph over Ayumi Morita.
Dementieva hasn't lost more than three games in any set this week, a trend she continued Saturday despite taking nearly two hours to complete the straight-set win. She was in control throughout, however, dropping serve just once and winning 59 percent of the points in the match.
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Fri, 02/26/2010 - 22:46 by Inderjit Singh
Kuala Lumper -- No.1-seed Elena Dementieva breezed into the semifinals of the $220,000 Malaysian Open tennis tournament with a straight-set win Friday.
Dementieva recorded seven service breaks over eight games in a 6-0, 6-3 rout of seventh-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova. Dementieva won 66 percent of the points in the match, including 67 percent off Rybarikova's serve.
She next plays No. 6-seeded Sybille Bammer, against whom she owns a 3-1 advantage in career meetings. Bammer advanced to the semifinals with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Kai-Chen Chang.
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Sun, 02/14/2010 - 22:39 by Inderjit Singh
Paris -- Top-seeded Elena Dementieva rallied for a three-set victory Sunday in claiming the championship of the GDF Suez tennis tournament in Paris.
Dementieva, from Russia, dropped a first-set tie-breaker before taking a 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4 decision over Czech Lucia Safarova. It was the second match this weekend that Dementieva needed to come back from being a set down.
She's won two tournaments this year, having taken the Australian Open tune-up event in Sydney, and the win in Paris marked her 16th WTA title overall.
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Sat, 02/13/2010 - 09:29 by Rakhi Kaptiyal
Paris -- Elena Dementieva, the runner-up last year and the top seed this week, rallied Friday to earn a semifinal berth in the Open GDF Suez in Paris.
Dementieva, twice a loser in the finals of a major championship but the owner of an Olympic gold medal, defeated Andrea Petkovic 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. She will meet Melanie Oudin in the semifinals after Oudin eliminated Agnes Szavay 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The other semifinal will send Flavia Pennetta against Lucie Safarova.
Pennetta was a 6-1, 6-3 winner over Tathiana Garbin in the quarterfinals and Safarova defeated Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-0.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Thu, 02/11/2010 - 09:13 by Rakhi Kaptiyal
Paris -- Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta, the event's top two seeds, moved past the second round Wednesday at the GDF Suez tennis tournament.
Dementieva, the runner-up in this tourney a year ago, ousted Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-4 on the hard courts at Stade Coubertin. Pennetta defeated Alisa Kleybanova 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.
It was the first action of the week for both players after they received first-round byes.
They were joined in the quarterfinals by Tathiana Garbin, who surprised eight-seeded Elena Vesnina 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 and earned a meeting with Pennetta on Friday.
The first round concluded with Petra Martic downing Yanina Wickmayer 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 and Aravane Rezai eliminating Evgeniya Rodina 6-4, 6-4.
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Fri, 01/15/2010 - 21:04 by Inderjit Singh
Sydney -- Elena Dementieva defeated world No. 1 Serena Williams in straight sets Friday in defending her Medibank International tournament title in Sydney.
Dementieva, a Russian seeded fifth in the event, won 6-3, 6-2 as Williams was obviously affected by a problem with her left knee. It was unclear whether the injury would be an issue for Williams as she opens defense of her Australian Open title next week.
Dementieva took advantage of the situation and collected her 15th WTA championship and second straight at this event. She had five service breaks against Williams, including a match-ended break at love. Williams also had her serve broken five times in a tough semifinal victory after posting two easy wins in earlier in the tournament.
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Sun, 01/10/2010 - 20:46 by Inderjit Singh
Sydney -- Russian Elena Dementieva opened defense of her Medibank International tennis tournament title with a straight-set win Sunday in Sydney.
Dementieva, seeded fifth, piled up five service breaks in a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Francesca Schiavone. She won as many points -- 36 -- as the Schiavone did when Schiavone served.
Other matches Sunday saw third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova survive a 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5 bout with Alisa Kleybanova in an all-Russian pairing that took 2 hours, 23 minutes and Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova stop Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano 6-3, 6-0 in 65 minutes.
The high-profile tournament features the world's top two ranked women players.
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Fri, 10/30/2009 - 11:20 by shalini.bahadur
Doha, Qatar -- World No. 1 Serena Williams beat Elena Dementieva 6-2 6-4 Thursday, earning a semifinal berth at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships at Doha, Qatar.
Williams rose to 3-0 overall at the round-robin tournament, fueled by a six-game winning streak after the fifth-seeded Dementieva, a Russian Olympic gold medalist, took a 2-1 lead in the first set.
"It was definitely a match I had to be really focused for because she's a really good player," Williams said. "She's one of those late bloomers who tends to get better and better and better as every year goes on (and) I was probably playing the most fit girl on tour."
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