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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 [...] -
Serena Williams vs Venus Williams Head to Head: An Unusual Rivalry
Serena Williams vs Venus Williams current head to head: 14-10 (Serena beat Venus in their last match in Charleston in straight sets 6-1 6-2). There is little doubt that Serena and Venus Williams make up the most dominant pairing in the past decade of ladies tennis. Between them, they have [...] -
Venus and Serena to Showdown in South Africa
2012 female US Open champion Serena Williams is set to face her sister, Venus, in an exhibition match when the two players visit South Africa in early November. The Grand Slam champions are said to be “proud and humbled” at being invited to travel to the country by a women’s [...] -
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 [...] -
Li Na beats Kerber and captures Cincinnati title
Chinese Li Na won her 6th career title after defeating Angelique Kerber in Sunday’s final at the Cincinnati Open. Li came back from a set down on her way to victory against the German, winning 1-6 6-3 6-1. Kerber started the match flawlessly, and not only did she cruise through [...] -
Kerber against Li in WTA Cincinnati Open final
Both semi final matches at the Western and Southern Open went the distance on Saturday night, with Li Na overcoming a resurgent Venus Williams; and Angelique Kerber coming out on top in her match against Petra Kvitova. First up on court were Li and Williams. During the warm up, Williams [...] -
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. [...] -
Wozniacki through to third round in Cincy, Errani beats Hantuchova
Wednesday night saw the completion of all the second round matches in the Western and Southern Open being played this week in Cincinnati, as part of the run up to the US Open which begins on August 27 in New York. Sixth seeded Dane, Caroline Wozniacki, was far too strong [...] -
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 [...]
