Post Tagged with: "Serena Williams"
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Kerber Breaks Serena’s Nineteen Match Winning Streak to advance into Cincy SFs
The quarter final match between Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber on Centre Court was delayed by an hour so that American TV – and the spectators who were lucky enough to be courtside – could watch to the end of the great match between Venus Williams and Sam Stosur on [...] -
Serena Williams and Stosur ease into Cincy QFs
Serena Williams, the second seed at the Western and Southern Open being played in the steamy heat of Cincinnati this week, had another lucky escape in her third round match against Ursula Radwanska, winning in straight sets 6-4 6-3. As was the case in her second round match yesterday against [...] -
Serena Rolls on in Cincinnati
Serena Williams’ scintillating form was showing no sign of abating in Cincinnati today as the world no.4 rolled into the 3rd round of the Western and Southern Open. That world ranking is looking increasingly misleading as Serena continues to mount a convincing argument that no one on the planet can [...] -
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 [...] -
Olympic Medalists Aim for WTA No.1 Ranking in North America
It’s probably appropriate that the three women who ended up on the medals podium of the Olympic women’s singles event were each responsible for dominating the three seasons that make up the first half of the tennis calendar. But with the summer hard court swing already underway this week in [...] -
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 [...] -
Serena Williams Achieves Career Golden Slam, Plays Unbelievable Tennis Against Sharapova
American Serena Williams won her first Olympic singles gold medal after an astonishing performance against Russia’s Maria Sharapova in Saturday’s final of the 2012 London Olympic games. Williams, playing possibly her best tennis of this year, didn’t allow Sharapova hardly anything on her way to a breathtaking 6-0 6-1 victory. [...] -
Serena Williams demolishes Azarenka in the Olympics semis
Number one seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and fourth seed Serena Williams of the United States, did battle today for a place in the finals of the Olympic tennis competition on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon. Coming into this match, it was difficult to see anyone getting past Williams, who [...] -
The Great Importance of Topnotch Technique Today
In a March 2011 Tennis magazine article, Tom Perrotta asserted, “In tennis, technique is vastly overrated.” That will go down as the six most foolish words ever written in tennis history. They will also prove the most damaging to any inexperienced players who believe them. Technique alone does not make [...] -
Serena Williams cruises into QFs in the women’s Olympic tournament
In the women’s draw of the Olympic Tennis tournament on Wednesday, current Wimbledon champion and fourth seed for this tournament, Serena Williams of the USA , continued her incredible march to a first Olympic medal with an emphatic straight sets win against thirteenth seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia. Williams had [...] -
Biggest tennis upsets in the history of Olympic Games
Tennis returned to Olympics in the 1988 Seoul Olympics after a gap of 64 years as it was left out after the 1924 Paris Olympics. Miloslav Mecir won the Gold Medal in singles and Steffi Graf grabbed the women’s singles title in Seoul. There have been a number of huge [...] -
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 [...] -
Tennis’ Top Females lead the Forbes Rich List
Maria Sharapova and her fellow top female tennis players Li Na, Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka are not just leading the WTA rankings list, they’re also at the top of the Forbes list of the World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes. Although the top ten list is filled with professional tennis players, it [...]
