Amelie Mauresmo News

U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova of Russia will face French Open winner Justine Henin-Hardenne in the semifinals of the WTA Championships after beating compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-4 on Friday. Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France reached the semis when she downed Belgian Henin-Hardenne 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Her opponent on Saturday will either be former two-time winner Kim Clijsters of Belgium or Russia's Elena Dementieva in the elite, season-ending ...

Amelie Mauresmo plans to defend her title at the season-ending WTA Championship next month despite being bothered by a sore right shoulder. Mauresmo, who can finish the year as the top-ranked player if she wins in Madrid, withdrew from the Zurich Open last week because of the injury. ``I'm better, but I'll start playing at the end of this weekend,'' Mauresmo said Tuesday. ``Next week I'll be able to practise ...

Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo withdrew from the Zurich Open on Thursday because of a shoulder injury. The 26-year-old Frenchwoman aggravated a right shoulder injury that caused her to pull out of the Porsche GP in Stuttgart two weeks ago. Mauresmo beat Samantha Stosur 7-6 (4), 6-3 Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals, but felt pain in a different part of her right shoulder during the match.

Amelie Mauresmo wants tennis coaches to stay in the stands. Maria Sharapova had no idea coaches were even allowed on the court. Both players are competing at the Zurich Open, one of five tournaments where the WTA Tour is testing this rule change. ``Are they're doing that here?'' Sharapova said Tuesday. ``I didn't know.'' Coaching during matches has been barred from ATP, WTA and Grand Slam tournaments. But in an ...

Amelie Mauresmo was upset by Czech teenager Nicole Vaidisova and second-seeded Maria Sharapova pulled out with a foot injury Friday, depriving the Kremlin Cup of its top two seeded women. Vaidisova, seeded eighth, was one game from elimination before she rallied to win 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3). It was her second straight victory over Mauresmo _ Vaidisova also won in the fourth round of the French Open. On Saturday, Vaidisova ...

Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo pulled out of the Porsche Grand Prix on Thursday because of a right shoulder injury. The French star withdrew shortly before she was to play her first match of the tournament against Michaella Krajicek in the second round. ``I felt it first at the end of practice on Monday and I was hoping that it was nothing serious,'' Mauresmo said. ``When I was warming up today I ...

Top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo defeated Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 6-3 Friday to advance to the China Open semifinals. Mauresmo won 74 per cent of her first serves to overpower Davenport for the first time since beating the American in the final of the 2000 Sydney International. Davenport had beaten Mauresmo in their nine previous encounters heading into the quarter-finals. Mauresmo next meets sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic, who rallied to beat Nadia Petrova 6-4, ...

Amelie Mauresmo sped into the U.S. Open semifinals Wednesday, exactly the kind of win she wanted in a tournament that's become a test of endurance. Coming off a tough three-setter against Serena Williams, the top-seeded Mauresmo had little trouble against No. 12 Dinara Safina. It took only 62 minutes to finish off a 6-2, 6-3 victory. ``It's great the way it went _ not spend too much time on the ...

Gasping for breath after long exchanges, Serena Williams ran out of energy and answers against Amelie Mauresmo. In a showdown between two women who've been ranked No. 1 and own a total of nine Grand Slam titles, the top-seeded Mauresmo won nine of the last 12 points Monday night to beat the unseeded Williams 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 and reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals. ``I could have came out on top ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ Amelie Mauresmo lost the first set she's played since winning Wimbledon, then came back to beat Galina Voskoboeva 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the quarter-finals at the Pilot Pen hard-court tournament. ``I was not surprised that it took me some time to get into the rhythm of the match,'' the top-ranked Mauresmo said. ``I think it's a little bit normal that it takes ...