Archive for category: Venus Williams
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Venus Williams sets up Sharapova clash in Melbourne, Stosur out
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, seeded 5th at this year’s Aussie Open, was first up on the Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday morning. She played the Czech Lucie Hradecka, who is ranked at 51 in singles (but 4 in doubles). Kerber made a shaky start to this match, as she battle in [...] -
Sharapova and Venus Williams into 2nd round at Australian Open
Maria Sharapova opened her Australian Open campaign in fine fettle with no signs of her collarbone injury, steamrollering past a hapless Olga Putchcova, her Russian countrywoman, 6-0 6-0, in a match that lasted just fifty five minutes on the Rod Laver Arena. This is the third time in her career [...] -
Clijsters bids farewell with a win over Venus Williams
Former world no.1 Kim Clijsters played her last professional match on home soil as she defeated Venus Williams 6-3 6-3 in front of the Antwerp crowd. The Belgian player, who had a positive 7-6 head to head record against Venus going into the match, officially retired after losing to Brit [...] -
Venus Williams lifts trophy in Luxembourg, beats Niculescu in final
Venus Williams, who has not played since being knocked out in the second round of the US Open, due to the effects of an ongoing auto immune disease and a bad back injury, took a familiar place on court in a tournament final on Sunday in Luxembourg. Up against the [...] -
Venus Williams beats Petkovic, plays Niculescu in Luxembourg final
In an unusual semi final afternoon at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg 2012 tournament, none of the four competitors were seeded as the last seed standing number 1 Roberta Vinci was eliminated by Venus Williams in the quarter final round; and all of them have suffered from varying degrees of [...] -
Venus Williams beats Vinci, plays Petkovic in Luxembourg semis
Top seed in this tournament Roberta Vinci of Italy faced off against Venus Williams in the quarter-final match in the top half of the draw at the Luxembourg WTA tournament. Vinci battled for three sets to take out Olga Govortsova in the first round and had a straight sets win [...] -
Venus Williams reaches Luxembourg Open quarters, Goerges out
Venus Williams, now 32 and on the professional tour since 1994, has had a rough time of late with injuries and illness keeping her out of tournaments. Not having played since the US Open (where she lost in the second round), her ranking has dropped to 48. On Thursday afternoon [...] -
Venus Williams advances in Luxembourg, Goerges and Vinci also win
Venus Williams made a welcome return to the WTA tour on Tuesday in the evening session at the BGL BNP Paribas Luxembourg Open, after being sidelined with illness and injuries and has not played since the US Open. Now ranked at 41, she faced the 15 year old wild card [...] -
Venus Williams aces the WTT finals
Venus Williams has had a challenging, yet satisfying, season. Sjogren’s syndrome, an auto-immune disease, kept her out of competitive tennis from September 2011 through March 2012. She has gotten progressively better physically and competitively on the tennis court; winning the Wimbledon doubles title with sister Serena, reaching the third round [...] -
Kerber takes out Venus Williams in late night match on Arthur Ashe
Angelique Kerber defeated former champion Venus Williams in her second round match at the 2012 US Open in three sets 6-2 5-7 7-5 in front of the NY crowd at the Arthur Ashe Stadium. The German is on a great roll since last year’s US Open where she reached the [...] -
2012 US Open Day 4: Five Matches To Watch
Here are my five to watch on Day 4 as the majority of second round gets underway. Venus Williams (USA) vs [8] Angelique Kerber (GER) Arthur Ashe Stadium (H2H Angelique Kerber 2-1) This is definitely the standout match of the day as last year’s semi finalist takes on the two [...] -
Jankovic and Kerber Breeze through US Open 1st Round Matches
6th seed Angelique Kerber and 30th seed Jelena Jankovic had no trouble at all in their 1st round matches today in Flushing Meadows. Kerber was up first and playing against Anne Keothavong of Great Britain. The German set the pace early, giving no time for the veteran Keothavong to find her [...]
