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27.11.2009, 16:26
Long-time Russian Davis cup and Fed cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev has offered his thoughts on the 2009 season, as well as who he thinks will be the last man standing at the ATP finals in London.
26.04.2009, 21:26
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Team Italy has knocked reigning champions Russia out of the Fed Cup, sealed a place in the final and will now host the main women’s international event.
05.10.2009, 20:13
Dinara Safina left the court in tears after being beaten in the second round of the China Open. The world number one lost to local wild card Zhang Shuai, who is ranked 225 places below her.
16.08.2009, 12:23
There won't be an all-Russian final in Cincinatti, as world number one Dinara Safina will take on Serb Elena Jankovic for the title.
26.10.2009, 20:58
Dinara Safina has reclaimed the top spot in the WTA rankings from Serena Williams just a day before the season-ending championship kicks off in Doha.
31.10.2009, 13:12
There won't be a single Russian on court in the semi-finals of the end-of-season WTA championships.
18.05.2010, 11:26
Russian tennis star Dinara Safina says she will do everything to regain the No. 1 spot in the WTA Rankings she had last year.
23.11.2009, 19:27
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Tennis queen Maria Sharapova has remained Russia’s richest sports identity, despite another disappointing season, writes the Russian Finans magazine.
02.09.2009, 08:23
Women's World No. 1 Dinara Safina has survived a first round scare at the US Open to stay in the race for her maiden Grand Slam title.
14.01.2010, 15:56
Number one ranked Roger Federer and Serena Williams top the lists of seeded players for the Australian Open, which also include ten Russians.
Published: 12 January, 2010, 13:09
Edited: 16 January, 2010, 14:00
Russia’s Fed Cup squad find themselves in the midst of somewhat of a crisis, seeing their entire contingent of Top 20 players pull out of February's quarter-final clash with Serbia.
Will it be excessive to question the sincerity of top stars sportives. I checked and discovered than the best russian girls tennis players have their residence in Monaco. French tennis players and many others of our main sportives live in Geneva (Switzerland) or in other Suiss cities, to escape high taxes. Some years ago, France won the Davis Cup with a team who did not have a single member (players, coachs doctor etc.) living in France. It was more than surprising to see the russian Fed Cup (with 5 girls in the World top 10) knocked out by Italy. Positively, this stars'selfishness give a chance to the younger players but minimize the Fed Cup and Davis Cup's credibility. Personnally, for equity of statute, as far as my country is concerned, I beleive than a french citizen who sciemment refuse to pay taxes to the country who allowed him to become a champion should not be allowed to represent her in international sports' competition. Naturally, sportives, playing and paid by foreign teams cannot be included... Sincerely...Jean-Claude Meslin