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WTA Race Standings [Dec 19, 2011] Final Singles 1. Caroline Wozniacki , Denmark, 7485 2. Petra Kvitova , Czech Republic, 7370 3. Victoria Azarenka , Belarus, 6520 4. Maria Sharapova , Russia, 6510 5. Li Na, China, 5720 6. Sam Stosur, Australia, 5585 7. Vera Zvonareva , Russia, 5435 8. Agnieszka Radwanska , Poland, 5250 9. Marion Bartoli , France, 4710 10. Andrea Petkovic , Germany, 4580 11. Francesca Schiavone , Italy, 3900 12 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA Rankings [Dec 19, 2011] Final Singles 1. Caroline Wozniacki , Denmark, 7485 2. Petra Kvitova , Czech Republic, 7370 3. Victoria Azarenka , Belarus, 6520 4. Maria Sharapova , Russia, 6510 5. Li Na, China, 5720 6. Sam Stosur, Australia, 5585 7. Vera Zvonareva , Russia, 5435 8. Agnieszka Radwanska , Poland, 5250 9. Marion Bartoli , France, 4710 10. Andrea Petkovic , Germany, 4580 11. Francesca Schiavone , Italy, 3900 12 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

KraussMaffei expands in China and Eastern Europe [Dec 05, 2011] KraussMaffei has announced expansions in China and Slovakia. The Munich-based firm said it will double production capacity at each location and expand performance capabilities at plants in Haiyan, China, and Martin, Slovakia. [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open Results [Sep 27, 2011] Tuesday At Ariake Colosseum Tokyo Purse: $2.05 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Iveta Benesova , Czech Republic, def. Anastasiya Yakimova , Belarus 6-2, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova (14), Slovakia def. Magdalena Rybarikova , Slovakia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. Peng Shuai (10), China def. Jill Craybas , United States, 6-2, 6-0. Christina McHale , United States, def. Tamira Paszek ... [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA-Pan Pacific Open Results [Sep 27, 2011] TOKYO (AP) -- Results Tuesday from the $2,000,000 Pan Pacific Open, a WTA Tour event played on hard courts at Ariake Colosseum (seedings in parentheses): Singles First Round Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Zheng Jie, China, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2. Tsvetana Pironkova , Bulgaria, def. Gisela Dulko , Argentina 7-6 (2), 6-1. Peng Shuai (10), China def. Jill Craybas , United States, 6-2, 6-0. Iveta ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Stats >> USA 114, Slovakia 68 [Aug 15, 2011] Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS USA vs Slovakia 8/15/11 10:00 a.m. at Shezhen, China -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: USA (2-0) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 05 Diggins, Skylar..... * 5-9 1-5 3-4 0 1 1 1 14 3 4 0 2 22 06 Novosel, Natalie.... * 2-5 0 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA AEGON Classic Results [Jun 09, 2011] Thursday At Edgbaston Priory Club Birmingham, England Purse: $220,000 (Intl.) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Third Round Daniela Hantuchova (4), Slovakia, def. Alla Kudryavtseva (16), Russia, 6-4, 6-2. Alison Riske , United States, def. Aravane Rezai (8), France, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2. Mirjana Lucic , Croatia, def. Andrea Hlavackova , Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Peng Shuai (3), China, def. Heather ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Unheralded Slovakian Rybarikova wins first WTA title [Apr 26, 2011] LONDON: Little-known Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova won her first WTA title 6-0, 7-6 against China's Li Na at the Edgbaston Classic on Sunday. Seeded 13, the 20-year-old Rybarikova used her serve-and-volley game effectively early on against the fourth-seeded Li to breeze through the first set. [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA Race Standings [Apr 04, 2011] 4. Li Na , China, 1882 [via YahooNews] More >>

WTA Qatar Ladies Open Results [Feb 23, 2011] Tuesday At The Khalifa Tennis Complex Doha, Qatar Purse: $721,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Flavia Pennetta , Italy, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-2, 6-2. Peng Shuai, China, def. Kaia Kanepi , Estonia, 6-3, 6-2. Shahar Peer (8), Israel, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova , Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Daniela Hantuchova , Slovakia, def. Victoria Azarenka (6), Belarus, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Vera ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open women's singles results [Jan 17, 2011] Australian Open women's singles first round results on Monday. (prefix number denotes seeding, * new result). * Regina Kulikova (Russia) beat 28-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 7-6(3) 3-6 9-7 * 15-Marion Bartoli (France) beat Tathiana Garbin (Italy) 6-0 6-0 * Virginie Razzano (France) beat Elena Vesnina (Russia) 4-6 6-3 6-3 * 9-Li Na (China) beat Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) 6-1 7-5 * 30-Andrea ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia road no go for mainland engineering firm [Jan 07, 2011] In early December 2010, China State Construction Engineering Corp announced a 27 percent rise in annual revenue to 330 billion yuan ($50 billion). [via YahooNews] More >>