Archive for category: Serena Williams
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Serena’s “Slamming” Performance not up to Par
Serena Williams showed the tennis world how much of a force of nature she is today with a brutal destruction of opponent Victoria Azarenka in their semi-final clash. However “slamming” her way around the court was not enough for the former world number 1 as she believed she didn’t play [...] -
Serena Williams – Radwanska Wimbledon 2012 Final Preview
Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska will be the first Polish woman to contest a grand slam final in 73 years on Saturday, and she will face four times Wimbledon champion Serena Williams. The 30 year old American can match her sister Venus’s haul of five Wimbledon victories if she wins, and [...] -
Wimbledon Security not up to Serena’s Standards
Another year, another Wimbledon and with it another complaint from the never-knowingly understated Serena Williams! It seems that this year the security offered at the All England Tennis Club is not quite secure enough for the US powerhouse, after she was allegedly mobbed by fans whilst leaving Court 2. We [...] -
Venus Williams Secures Olympic Qualification
The three-time Olympic gold medallist really hasn’t had a great season so far, battling with her illness and various on-court losses, but the news that she is eligible for automatic Olympic qualification must come as a big relief to the women’s’ tennis legend. Having competed this year on clay court [...] -
Former Gold Medallist amongst US Olympic Tennis Captains
It’s not long to go now until the London Olympic tennis tournament gets started at the familiar grass courts of the All-England Tennis Club, and as fever pitch starts to hit the captains for the US team have been named and “can’t wait to get started”. Former Olympic medallist Mary [...] -
Is the 2012 Season the end for the Williams Sisters?
The Williams sisters have dominated the women’s tennis scene in recent years, and have treated tennis fans all over the globe to some truly breathtaking professional tennis matches and Grand Slam finals. With a total of 83 career titles and 20 Grand Slam victories between them, they certainly deserve their [...] -
Developing Women’s Tennis – WTA Launches Tender Process for Championship Host City
The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) this week announced the launch of an international tender process to find a new city to host the prestigious Year-End WTA Championships from 2014 and beyond. Initially set up to support and raise the profile of women’s tennis to the world, and showcase the talents [...] -
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal hit Forbes Top 100
These two players are used to making it to the top of the rankings for their tennis wins and achievements, but they were granted a new honour this week as they, and three of their fellow female tennis players, were featured in the 2012 Forbes’ Top 100 list of the [...] -
Serena Williams – No Dating for a Decade
Here’s some bad news for all you fans of the former women’s World No. 1 out there, Serena Williams has sworn off dating for the next 10 years. In an unsurprisingly candid interview recently with Celebuzz, the tennis star reveals how a particularly difficult relationship experience has left her too [...] -
Serena Williams shock defeat by Makarova at the aussie open
It was only the second loss of her career for Serena Williams at Melbourne Park. She went out surprisingly to the Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the last 16 of the 2012 Australian Open, Makarova winning 6-2 6-3. The 23 year old Russian played agressive tennis throughout the match and Williams [...] -
Azarenka, Kvitova and Serena and into last 16 at the aussie open
Victoria Azarenka made her way into the last 16 at this year’s Australian Open as she defeated Mona Barthel of Germany 6-2, 6-4. She will next meet Iveta Benesova, who beat Russian qualifier Nina Bratchikova 6-1, 6-3. Also through to the next round is world no.2 Petra Kvitova, after her [...] -
Venus Williams withdraws from Australian Open
Venus Williams, the seven time singles Grand Slam champion, withdrew from this year´s Australian Open as she is still struggling to get back on top form after her autoimmune disease Sjogren’s syndrome. She said that she is planning to return to the WTA Tour in February and that she is [...] -
Serena Williams to play at Brisbane
Former world no.1 Serena Williams is set to play at the Brisbane International that will take place from Jan 1-8th 2012. This tournament is considered amongst players as a good warm up for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. Besides the US Open finalist Williams, there [...]
