There is no need to worry about 20-year old Victoria Azarenka, who grunts for release. Do not bother that in her four years on the tour, she has not won a Grand Slam Event. Not to fear. The pretty, queen-to-be has succeeded at every level since joining the IT Tour in 2003.

Fellow tour players did not have enough time to see how Kim Clijsters would return to the tour late last season. After three summer tune-ups, the 36 time tour winner and two-time Grand Slam Champion stole the show in New York at the U.S Open. A sentimental favorite, Clijsters had taken more than two years off to be with her newborn child. With her September victory, she became the first mother, since Yvonne Goolagang (1980) to win a major title.

Venus Williams had all the answers for Shahar Peer’s upset bid in their semifinal match at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championship. The third seeded Williams used her blistering serve and a relentless ground assault to stave off the Israeli star’s bid for her third consecutive upset.
Peer entered the tournament as the 22nd ranked tour [...]

The three and four seeds, Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka, lead the march toward the crown in the $2 million Dubai Open but they have some work to do before claiming the title. Two formidable roadblocks stand in the way. In a tournament of upsets, only Azarenka and Williams have played consistently.
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