• Injury ends Safina’s season, hold on No. 1 ranking: Dinara Safina finished the best year of her career with tears in her eyes on Wednesday, as a serious back injury ended her season and her hold on the No. 1 ranking she owned for much of 2009. Safina lasted just 13 minutes in her first round-robin match of the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, before calling it quits while serving at 1-1 against Jelena Jankovic. Her withdrawal meant she lost the year-end No. 1 ranking to Serena Williams.

— From wire reports