Archive for category: Venus Williams
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Surprise final at the WTA Cincy – Li Na to play Kerber for the title
Both semifinal matches at the WTA Cincinnati Open ended with a slightly surprising result. Li Na defeated Venus Williams to book her place in the Sunday’s final, winning in three sets 7-5 3-6 6-1. The Chinese played a fantastic match, although Venus was experiencing back problems that stopped her from [...] -
Venus battles past Stosur to advance into Cincy SFs, Li Na demolishes Top seed Radwanska
First on court in Friday afternoon’s session of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati was Venus Williams, unseeded in this tournament and ranked 64 on the WTA’s rankings list. Across the net was 3rd seeded Sam Stosur, last year’s US Open titlist, who is the WTA’s 6th ranked player. [...] -
Venus back to her best, beats Errani in third round of Cincinnati
After having to slog her way out of trouble in tough three setters in both the first and second rounds of the Southern and Western Open being played in Cincinnati this week, Venus Williams booked her place in the quarters with a demonstration of near perfect exhibition class tennis yesterday. [...] -
Radwanska and Venus Williams Battle Through To The Third Round In Cincinnati
In her first tournament match since her surprise first round defeat in the Olympics tennis competition at Wimbledon earlier this month, Agnieszka Radwanska had a rough day at the office this morning when she took on the hard hitting Swede, Sophia Arvidsson, in sweltering heat and stifling humidity. Although the [...] -
Venus Williams overcomes Kirilenko in Cincinnati, Bartoli out
Marion Bartoli, seeded sixth in the Western and Southern Open being played in Cincinnati this week as part of the run up series to the US Open, certainly was not at her energetic best when she served a total of thirteen double faults in her straight set defeat to Johanna [...] -
Serena Plays Superwoman on Olympics Stage
Before the eagerly awaited final between Wimbledon champion Serena Williams and French Open champion Maria Sharapova, NBC analyst Rennae Stubbs said, “It’s hard to believe Serena’s form here is even better than at Wimbledon. It’s been flawless.” Who could argue? After trouncing Australian Open titlist and No. 1-ranked [...] -
Venus and Serena Williams make history after winning Olympic doubles gold
For the third time in their illustrious careers, the winning Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, hit gold by winning the women’s doubles title at Wimbledon on day 9 of the London 2012 Olympics. The United States was a proud tennis nation, as only a day before Serena had won her [...] -
Venus Williams bows out of Olympic tournament as Kim Clijsters powers through
Five time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams crashed out of the 2012 London Olympic Tennis tournament as seventh seed Angelique Kerber of Germany won in straight sets to progress to the Quarter Finals. Williams was broke as early as the second game but managed to break back in the eighth to [...] -
Venus Williams beats Wozniak, Lisicki sees of Shvedova in the second round of Olympics
In a very tightly fought second round match, Sabine Lisicki of Germany overcame the spirited play of the unseeded Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, 4-6 6-3 7-5. Play was suspended at a critical point in the match, when Shvedova led 6-4 3-6 3-2, once again because of the rain which has [...] -
Mixed Doubles a no-no for Williams Sisters
Although chances were slim that Venus Williams would be picking up the mantle again in the US Olympic mixed doubles tennis team, it has been decide that Serena is also out of the running and will instead be competing in just the Women’s Doubles and Women’s Singles events. “We all [...] -
Olympics: Venus Williams Overcomes Early Challenge, Robson Impressive in Debut
2000 Olympic gold medalist Venus Williams defeated 9th seed and 2012′s Roland Garros finalist Sara Errani in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. While Errani has been having a breakthrough year with her QF and finalist appearances at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, along with the four titles she’s won this [...] -
The Olympics are Serious Business for top Tennis Pros
Winning a career slam by taking the singles titles at the four global Grand Slam tournaments – Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open and the French Open – is often considered to be the very pinnacle of a professional tennis player’s achievements. With many of today’s top tennis stars holding multiple [...] -
Williams Family surprised as Venus keeps Battling on
Oracene Price, Venus and Serena Williams’ mother, has recently admitted that she is surprised at how her eldest daughter is able to keep on playing despite her battle with Sjogren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that has left the tennis star utterly exhausted at times. Following two of her daughters’ triumph [...]
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