Post Tagged with: "Serena Williams"
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Williams sisters to meet in Charleston 2013 semi-finals
Serena and Venus Williams had to play two matches each on Friday at the Family Circle Cup for the organisers to get the tournament back on track after rain washed out play during the day on Thursday. Venus was first to play her second match, against another American, the 77th [...] -
Serena and Venus Williams advance to Charleston quarter-finals
After rain disrupted play on Thursday, the tournament organisers were playing catch up as the third round matches and the quarters had to be completed on Friday. Venus was first on court when she took on another American, the 12th seeded Varvara Lepchenko, who won two tough three setters to [...] -
“Venus and Serena” Documentary on the Williams Sisters
Since they were 11 and 12 years old respectively, Venus and Serena Williams have been profiled on film and television from their days as up and coming tennis prodigies to becoming two of the most dominant players of their generation. In America, they had their own reality show back in [...] -
Asian Tennis League could feature Djokovic, Murray and Serena Williams
Keith Mitchell recently wrote in the ‘Guardian’ about proposals being mooted to establish a post-season Asian tennis league for Tour players (the International Tennis Premier League). The idea is to hold the event in the November/December months to be based in locations in the Middle East and the Indian Sub-Continent [...] -
Wozniacki and Venus Williams into third round of Charleston, Lisicki out
The seeded players had mixed results on Wednesday at the Family circle Cup being played this week in Charleston. Sabine Lisicki (15) and Laura Robson (16) both lost in three setters, while Caroline Wozniacki (2), Sam Stosur (3), Venus Williams (5), Lucie Safarova (6), Jelena Jankovic (9) and Julia Goerges [...] -
Serena Williams beats Giorgi in Charleston, Barthel out
Serena Williams made the switch from the hard courts of Miami to the clay courts of Charleston with relative ease when she took on the young Italian, Camila Giorgi, in the second round of the Family Circle Cup on Tuesday. Williams had a bye in the first round, while 85th [...] -
Serena Williams beats Sharapova to win Sony Open title in Miami
The WTA’s top two players walked on to court on Saturday afternoon to do battle for the winner’s title and to lift the trophy in victory. Both number 1 Serena Williams and number 2 Maria Sharapova have been in devastating form of late, with the Russian having won in Indian [...] -
Serena beats Radwanska, Sharapova defeats Jankovic to reach Miami final
In the first of Friday’s semi final matches at the Miami Open, 3rd seed Maria Sharapova took on 22nd seed Jelena Jankovic and needed just three minutes over the hour for her victory which sees her into her fifth final at this tournament. The Russian is in superb form and [...] -
Serena beats Li Na, plays A.Radwanska in Miami semi-finals
For the third match in a row 4th seed Agnieszka Radwanska had a real battle on her hands when she played the Belgian 30th seed Kirsten Flipkens. Radwanska had dropped a set in her two previous matches and on Tuesday this pattern repeated itself when Flipkens, playing her wonderfully varied [...] -
Serena survives scare against Cibulkova at Sony Open, A. Radwanska also wins
Top seed and world number 1 Serena Williams only just managed to squeak past 13th seed Dominika Cibulkova on Monday at the Miami Open. The diminutive five foot three inch tall Slovak really had her game going at the beginning of this match as she raced to a 6-2 4-1 [...] -
Serena Williams and A.Radwanska advance to last 16 at the Sony Open in Miami
A massive traffic jam caused top seed and world number one, Serena Williams, to borrow a bicycle from her hotel to cycle to the Miami Open on Saturday, an unusual occurrence which she thought was cool, but it may have had an effect on her game, as she started slowly [...] -
Williams sisters and A.Radwanska through to round three at Sony Open in Miami
World number 1 and top seed Serena Williams made her way with ease into the third round at the Miami Open when she totally overpowered Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-1 6-1 in just over an hour and a quarter. Her sister, 19th seed Venus, had a much harder battle on [...] -
Serena withdraws from Dubai, Kvitova beats Ivanovic
Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli who was wild carded into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship and who has not been playing at her very best of late had a fortuitous bit of luck when her opponent, new world number one Serena Williams, withdrew with a lower back injury, handing her a [...]
