I didn’t root for Elena Dementieva because she’s perfect. If anything I rooted for her because she’s not—just like the rest of us—but tried anyway. I rarely root for or against anyone, hoping simply ...

DOHA, Qatar (AP) Elena Dementieva retired from tennis after losing at the WTA Championships on Friday, ending a 13-year career in which she reached two Grand Slam finals and won the gold medal at the ...

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 ...

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - There were times on Sunday when Vera Dementieva looked about as relaxed as somebody in a dental surgery's waiting room before root canal treatment. Sign up here. And this was ...

kicks off today in Paris. The tournament's name is new and clunky, but it has a certain exotic ring to it that I like. You might expect to find Ingrid Bergman whiling away hot, fly-swatting days at ...

2009, after all, had done wonders for her confidence. After years of leading the universe in double faults, she overcame the yips and put together her best season since 2004, when she reached two ...

NEW YORK -- It's not quite the case that 17-year-old Melanie Oudin and her family knew for sure she would get this far, this fast. Not when Melanie was 7, hitting buckets of tennis balls with Grandma ...

Elena Dementieva’s expression and attitude hardly matched her quandary about an hour and a half into her match Friday afternoon at Indian Wells. So what if she was one game from exiting in the ...

Justine Henin continued her remarkable comeback to the world of tennis by upsetting No. 5 seed Elena Dementieva on day three in Melbourne. There were also straight set victories for six of the top 10, ...

In a ceremony filled with tears, Elena Dementieva retired from tennis after a loss at the WTA Championships ended her 13-year career. ''It is so emotional,'' she said. ''It is so hard to say goodbye.

DOHA, Qatar – Elena Dementieva retired from tennis after losing at the WTA Championships on Friday, ending a 13-year career in which she reached two Grand Slam finals and won the gold medal at the ...