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Apr 28, 2013: Maria Sharapova defended her Porsche Tennis Grand Prix title with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Li Na in Stuttgart

Jan 26, 2013: After succesfully defending her Australian Open title with victory over Li Na, Victoria Azarenka admitted she struggled mentally in the build-up to the final after a great deal of negative press in Melbourne

Jan 26, 2013: Victoria Azarenka successfully defended her Australian Open crown to retain the world No. 1 ranking with victory over Li Na

Jan 24, 2013: Li Na produced a supreme performance to send the No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova crashing out of the tournament

Jan 22, 2013: Maria Sharapova will face a surprise semi-final opponent at the Australian Open after she registered yet another lop-sided victory in Melbourne against Ekaterina Makarova on Tuesday

Jan 8, 2013: Caroline Wozniacki's Australian Open preparations were dealt another blow after going down 7-6(4) 1-6 6-2 to qualifier Svetlana Kuznetsova in a match that lasted almost four hours on a sweltering day at the Apia International Sydney

Oct 26, 2012: Victoria Azarenka ensured she will begin 2013 as the world No. 1 by beating Li Na at the WTA Championship in Istanbul

Oct 24, 2012: Serena Williams made it two wins from two at the WTA Championships on Wednesday, but she was hardly in impressive form against China's Li Na

Oct 5, 2012: Victoria Azarenka dismantled Romina Oprandi to cruise into the semi-finals of the China Open on Friday

Sep 26, 2012: Victoria Azarenka overcame a bout of dizziness during her match with Roberta Vinci to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open

Aug 27, 2012: Li Na made short work of Heather Watson, as the Brit proved no match for the No. 9 seed in the first round of the US Open

Aug 19, 2012: Li Na bagged her first title of the season as she battled from a set down to pip Angelique Kerber to the Western & Southern Open title on Sunday

Aug 14, 2012: Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova claimed her first WTA title of the year with victory over Li Na at the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Monday evening

Aug 12, 2012: Petra Kvitova fought her way past Caroline Wozniacki to progress to the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal on Sunday

Aug 12, 2012: Agnieszka Radwanska had her shot at becoming world No. 1 dashed at the Montreal Cup on Saturday evening

Jun 27, 2012: Sam Stosur's poor record at Wimbledon continued as the US Open champion was dumped out in the second round by Arantxa Rus

Jun 4, 2012: World No. 142 Yaroslava Shvedova caused the shock of the French Open so far, sending defending champion Li Na out of the tournament

Jun 2, 2012: Maria Sharapova continues to power on ominously at the French Open, with Shuai Peng the latest to be steamrollered by the second seed

May 31, 2012: Petra Kvitova sailed into the third round of the French Open with a straight sets win over Urszula Radwanska