World No.1 Roger Federer made light of the chilly conditions to ease into the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Russian Evgeny Korolev on Wednesday. "I was hitting the ball hard because the weather was quite chilly. Evgeny is a promising player, so I didn't want to take chances," said Federer. World No.2 Rafael Nadal also breezed into the last eight with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Italian Potito Starace.
Dinara Safina was forced to quit in her opening round-robin.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/world-no-1-safina-retires-injured-against-jankovic/104211-5.html
Wozniacki survived a three-hour battle against close friend Azarenka.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/wozniacki-outlasts-azarenka-at-wta-championships/104209-5.html
Serena was spared a fight for the honour of ending the year as No 1.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/serena-clinches-yearend-world-number-one-spot/104208-5.html
She handed 20-year-old Azarenka a surprisingly easy victory.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gloomy-jankovic-says-she-is-a-shadow-of-herself/104091-5.html
Dohar welcomed Goddess Durga through a song.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/102143/bengali-folk-band-welcomes-goddess-durga.html
Venus Williams advanced to the final defeating top-ranked Jelena Jankovic.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/venus-to-face-zvonareva-in-doha-final/77745-5.html
Nath wants to fortify the future of India's farmers and small tradesmen globally.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/growth-to-slow-down-to-78-per-cent-not-lowertrade-min/73100-3.html
India, China were united in disagreeing with the US.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indiachina-unity-couldnt-save-wto-talks--talks-fail/69900-7.html
The US is blaming India and China for the disagreements in WTO talks.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/wto-talks-on-verge-of-collapsing/69840-7.html
India and the US continue to be at loggerheads over the Doha round of WTO talks.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/us-slams-india-over-farm-goods/43741-2.html
The WTO members had agreed that developing countries would have to take less cuts than developed countries.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/developed-nations-flout-doha-accord-india/34220-7.html
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