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- Fab Four take aim at women's top tennis ranking
- NEW YORK AFP — Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic lead a four-woman assault upon the world number one ranking at the US Open, a fight that could come down to Saturday night's Grand Slam title showdown. Dinara Safina and Elena Dementieva, each hoping to become the second Russian woman...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Venus Williams cruises into quarters at US Open
- NEW YORK AFP — Two-time US Open champion Venus Williams has avenged an earlier loss by routing ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-3 setting up a showdown with sister Serena in the quarter-finals. Venus, who won back-to-back US Open titles in 2000 and 2001, avenged a loss to the...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Williams sisters win doubles Olympic gold
- BEIJING AFP — US sisters Serena and Venus Williams beat Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-0 to claim their second women's doubles Olympic gold medal on Sunday. The Williams sisters first won the doubles title at Sydney 2000, when Venus also won singles gold. ...
- Research articles 2008-08-17
- Williams dad opts to skip sisters' showdown
- LONDON AFP — Richard Williams, father and coach to Serena and Venus, has opted to miss their Wimbledon singles final here on Saturday. The decision of Richard Williams to fly back to Florida came after a fresh outburst of speculation over whether he has any influence over the outcome...
- Research articles 2008-07-04
- Venus into Wimbledon final
- LONDON AFP — Venus Williams moved to within one match of a fifth Wimbledon singles title after beating Russia's Elena Dementieva in straight sets in the semi-finals on Thursday. The defending champion won 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) to set up a potential final date with her sister Serena, who faced...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Serena dashes Zheng's hopes to set up third Venus final
- LONDON AFP — Serena Williams will face big sister Venus for the third time in a Wimbledon final after ending wildcard Zheng Jie's hopes of becoming the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final. Serena, who beat Venus in the 2002 and 2003 finals, had to dig...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Williams at Wimbledon for 'decades' to come, says Serena
- LONDON AFP — Two-time champion Serena Williams said she and her sister Venus, the reigning women's champion, intend to return to Wimbledon for "decades" to come as she negotiated the first round safely on Monday. "We have decades left at Wimbledon, we definitely plan on capitalising," Serena said after...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Nadal and Djokovic on course as Williams' suffer French slump
- PARIS AFP — Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic stayed on course for a French Open semi-final showdown on Friday as Serena and Venus Williams both crashed out of Roland Garros at the third round stage. While the American sisters, with 14 Grand Slam titles between them, were packing their...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- "Old lady" Serena out to beat the kids at French Open
- PARIS AFP — All the talk is of the new generation - Maria Sharapova or Ana Ivanovic - to win the French Open and replace the freshly-retired Justine Henin as world No.1. But the "veteran" Serena Williams believes this could be the year she adds a second Roland Garros...
- Research articles 2008-05-24
- Williams sisters out of Rome tennis tournament, set sights on Paris
- ROME AFP — World number six Serena Williams has pulled out of the WTA Rome International after hurting her back while training, but thinks she will recover in time for the French Open less than two weeks away. Her sister Venus soon followed her off the red clay at...
- Research articles 2008-05-16
- Serena launches tennis defense in decisive style
- MIAMI AFP — Serena Williams launched her WTA title defense at the Sony Ericsson Open Friday with a confident victory over unseeded Romanian Edina Gallovits. Williams, seeded eighth, needed just 54 minutes to dismiss Gallovits 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the tournament, which also features an...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Willams double for US Open finalist Henin
- NEW YORK AFP — Justine Henin defeated Venus Williams 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 on Saturday to reach her third US Open final only two days after trouncing the American's younger sister Serena. The Belgian top seed broke serve early in both sets to put the American under pressure and despite...
- Research articles 2007-09-07
- Win worth the wait as Henin finishes Williams tennis sweep
- NEW YORK, United States AFP — Justine Henin had not played Venus Williams in 4 1/2 years but she found the outcome well worth the wait, completing a rare sweep of the Williams sisters Friday to reach the US Open women's final. World number one Henin defeated the reigning...
- Research articles 2007-09-07
- Federer, Venus face tough US Open quarter-final tests
- NEW YORK AFP — World number one Roger Federer and fellow reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will face their toughest US Open challenges yet on Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam tournament. Federer, chasing his 12th Grand Slam crown and fourth consecutive US Open title, will try...
- Research articles 2007-09-05
- Henin dumps Serena again to reach US Open tennis semis
- NEW YORK AFP — Justine Henin ousted Serena Williams in a quarter-final for the third Grand Slam event in a row, shattering any notions of an all-Williams semi-final with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 US Open triumph Tuesday. The Belgian star will next play in a Friday semi-final against the...
- Research articles 2007-09-04
- Contrast in moods from the Williams
- NEW YORK AFP — The Williams sisters safely won their way through to the third round of the US Open on Wednesday but their moods afterwards were starkly contrasting. While Venus was all smiles and enthusiasm after her 6-4, 6-2 win over Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru, younger sibling Serena...
- Research articles 2007-08-29
- Williams sisters to star as US Open honors pioneer Gibson
- NEW YORK AFP — Serena and Venus Williams, who have followed in the footsteps of black tennis pioneer Althea Gibson, will play back-to-back matches here Monday at the US Open after ceremonies to honor the late legend. Gibson, who died of respiratory failure in 2003 at age 76, was...
- Research articles 2007-08-26
- Venus backs sister tennis act to keep on running
- LONDON AFP — Venus Williams believes her fourth Wimbledon title could herald the start of a new period of dominance for herself and her sister Serena in women's tennis. Both sisters endured injury-blighted years in 2006 and there were plenty of pundits willing to predict that their time at...
- Research articles 2007-07-07
- Williams siblings advance
- WIMBLEDON, England -- Serena and Venus Williams made a successful return to doubles competition Thursday at Wimbledon. Together for the first time since 2003, the sisters beat Claire Curran and Anne Keothavong of Britain 6-1, 6-3 in the first round at the All England Club, not long after...
- Research articles 2007-06-29
- Venus wins at French Open but rain frustrates Federer
- PARIS AFP — Venus Williams joined sister Serena in the second round of the French Open on Monday as heavy rain again wrecked the programme stalling Roger Federer's progress. Federer was 6-4, 4-1 up over American Michael Russell in his first round tie before play was finally called off...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
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