Elena Dementieva

Nice win for Elena Dementieva - she won the Open GDF Suez in Paris. Dementieva beat Lucie Safarova, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, in the title match for her second tournament title of the year and 16th of her career.

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Elena Dementieva Out at US Open

An early exit from the 2009 U.S. Open for fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva: She lost to teenager Melanie Oudin in the second round.

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Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva won the Toronto Cup, beating the comebacking Maria Sharapova in the finals, 6-4 6-3. It was Dementieva's third tournament victory of 2009.

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Elena Dementieva

Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva took on second-seeded Serena Williams in the Wimbledon 2009 semifinals. It was an epic match, but in the Elena came up just a wee bit short, falling 7-6, 5-7, 6-8.

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Elena Dementieva

Hey, if Elena Dementieva wants to frolic in the surf, well, by golly, she's earned the right. We're only 2 1/2 weeks into 2009 and Dementieva already has two WTA singles titles won.

On Saturday, she got past Dinara Safina, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, to win the Medibank International in Sydney, a warmup for the Australian Open. It is Dementieva's 13th career WTA singles title.

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Elena Dementieva at the 2008 WTA Championship launch party.

Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva won her 2008 U.S. Open quarterfinal match over Patty Schnyder in straight sets. Dementieva is currently ranked sixth in the WTA singles rankings. She has one tourney win so far in 2008, reached two other finals, and made it to the semifinals in three over events.

Dementieva Does It

Olympic gold for Elena Dementieva in Beijing. Dementieva defeated Dinara Safina in the gold-medal match, 3-6, 7-5 6-3.

Elena Dementieva

Big win for Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals at the Olympic draw. Dementieva ousted Serena Williams, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, to advance to the singles semifinals.

Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva