Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title of the year in dominating fashion Sunday, beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the Italian Open final. The top-ranked American will enter the French Open, which starts next Sunday, on a career-best 24-match winning streak. Williams was coming off consecutive titles in Miami; Charleston, South Carolina; and [...]
Serena Williams Wins Madrid Open for 50th Career Title
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
Serena Williams proved why she is the world’s No. 1 female tennis player on Sunday by defeating Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 in the finals of the Madrid Open, capturing her 50th career title. “It feels good,” Williams told reporters after the match about securing her 50th title. “I don’t know how many more I can. [...]
Serena Williams Captures Brisbane International Title
January 5, 2013 | Posted by
Serena Williams captured the Brisbane International title on Saturday as she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1 in the final, which was over in less than an hour. Williams is continuing her resurgence that she began in the second half 2012 season. She has won 35 of her last 36 matches, which include titles at Wimbledon, the [...]
Maria Sharapova Dominates Sara Errani to win French Open
June 9, 2012 | Posted by
Sharapova tops Errani to win French Open, completes career Grand Slam As they gazed at each other across the net before their French Open final, 24 cms in height separated Maria Sharapova from Sara Errani – when the action began it was a country mile as the Russian won the title and completed the career [...]
Sloane Stephens Takes Up Williams Sisters’ Slack At French Open
June 2, 2012 | Posted by
Venus and Serena Williams set the modern table for African-American female tennis players. Perhaps 19-year-old Sloane Stephens is prepared to carry things farther. The native of Coral Springs, Florida advanced to the fourth round of the French Open — the Williams sisters were ousted earlier in the week — and created quite a buzz at [...]
Venus Williams Joins Serena – Outside Looking In – At French Open
May 30, 2012 | Posted by
A day after her sister, Serena Williams, had an emotional breakdown in a first-round defeat at the French Open, Venus Williams had a physical collapse that caused her exit in the second round. Not a good time for the sisters Williams. Venus Williams fell in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to No. 3-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of [...]
Video: Serena Williams Cries During Dramatic Loss at French Open
May 29, 2012 | Posted by
Serena Williams lost a first-round Grand Slam match for the first time in her career on Tuesday, blowing a 5-1 lead in a second-set tiebreak, dissolving into tears and melting down early in a dramatic third set against lightly-regarded Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano. The 13-time major champion was an undefeated 17-0 on clay this year and [...]
Facing Health Concerns, Venus Williams Wins At French Open
May 27, 2012 | Posted by
Venus Williams, in her first Grand Slam match since revealing in August she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, overcame a slow start Sunday to beat 19-year-old Paula Ormaechea of Argentina 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. The seven-time major champion did not look excited to be on the court, hardly smiling after many of her 41 winners. [...]
