 | Ivanovic eases into round two
THE QATAR Total Open´s
main draw saw world No 19
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia pitted
against Carla Suarez Navarro
of Spain. The match-up was
just like a warm-up for
Ivanovic, the 2008 French
Open champion who advanced
as Carla retired after trailing 1-
6 1-4 due to a back injury .
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| | It´s love-all at Khalifa complex |  THE sweet smell of love is in
air at the Khalifa International
Tennis and Squash Complex.
And with the Valentine´s Day
just a day away, former world
No 1 Caroline Wozniacki could
not have asked for a better
company than her boyfriend
and sensational Irish golfer
Rory McIlroy´s to celebrate the
great festival of love and
romance, along with tennis.
Wozniacki is in Doha to figure
in the upgraded Qatar
Total Open, in which the Dane
is second seed. McIlroy has just
joined to cheer her to improve
the performance that helped
her finish runner-up to
Russian Vera Zvonareva last
year. The 2011 US Open champion
from Ireland has come
straightaway from the Dubai
Desert Classic after finishing a
joint fifth.
When Wozniacki ... | | | Olympics big boost for players at Qatar Total Open |  VICTORIA Azarenka, the
new world No 1 and also
known as the ´Queen of
Screech,´ said that she is
happy to be back in Doha for
the Qatar Total Open, which
began on Monday.
"I like coming back here.
I´ve been here twice before.
It´s a great tournament and a
good organisation. It´s nice
to be back," said Azarenka.
The Belarusian feels that
the life is still the same for
her after winning her first
grand slam crown in
Australia. She is not surprised
by the media or global
glare in the first month
after winning the Australian
Open.
"Surprised? No, not really.
I worked really hard to get
where I am. Well, I didn´t
expect to leave Australia
with a 12-0 record but that
was my mentality every time
when I went for a match. So
I am not ... | | | Adidas launches adizero range |
 ADIDAS has launched its latest
adizero range, its lightest
ever collection of performance
footwear and apparel
designed to help serious athletes
get faster, Qatar this
month. Using groundbreaking
technology to develop
lighter materials, adidas is
continuing to set new standards
in innovative performance
products with the new
adizero range.
In an increasingly competitive
world of sport the need for
speed has never been greater.
In response, adidas has created
a range of footwear and
matching apparel designed to
improve performance and
make every athlete better by
offering the lightest products
in their class whether it´s football,
tennis, basketball or general
training for your chosen
sport ... | |
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