Istanbul: American Serena Williams reached the semi-finals at the WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul on Thursday with what is fast becoming a routine defeat of world number one Victoria Azarenka. The Wimbledon and U.S Open champion recorded a 6-4 6-4 win at the season-ending event, her fifth triumph over the Belarusian this year. Williams also owns an 11-1 record in their career head-to-heads. The win was Williams' third at the...
08:14 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Istanbul: Serena Williams proved Wednesday at the Williams beat 2011 French Open champion Li Na of China 7-6 (1), 6-3 for her second win in WTA Championships that even when her serve is malfunctioning, she can still beat a top player. Williams beat 2011 French Open champion Li Na of China 7-6 (1), 6-3 for her second win in round-robin matches to close in on the semi-finals at the tournament...
12:36 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Istanbul: With the year-end top ranking out of reach, Serena Williams will settle for the title at the WTA Championships. In her first match since winning the U.S. Open in September, Williams defeated Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday to start round-robin play in the season-ending event featuring the top eight players in the world. "Obviously, I would rather win majors. I've been No. 1 and I would love to be...
08:35 AM, Oct 24, 2012
New York: Finally tested, even trailing, at the US Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time. Two points from defeat, Williams suddenly regained her composure and her strokes, coming back to win the last four games and beat No 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on Sunday night for her fourth championship at Flushing Meadows and 15th Grand Slam title overall. "I honestly can't believe I won. I...
05:23 AM, Sep 10, 2012
New York: The US Open women's singles final has been postponed until Sunday because of rain in the forecast. The match between Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka was originally scheduled for late Saturday, when the National Weather Service is predicting an 80 percent chance of rain. Tournament officials will announce Sunday's match time by 2300 GMT on Saturday (0430 IST on Sunday). The official statement said, "The weather forecast for...
11:30 PM, Sep 08, 2012
New York: Serena Williams routed 10th seed Sara Errani of Italy 6-1 6-2 on Friday to advance to the US Open women's final against world number one Victoria Azarenka with a chance to crown her 'Golden Summer' at the year's last grand slam. The 30-year-old American overpowered the diminutive Errani, a French Open finalist and top-ranked doubles player in the world, registering 38 winners, including nine aces. Williams cut loose...
07:38 AM, Sep 08, 2012
New York: Shortly after crowd favorite and 2003 champion Andy Roddick made an emotional farewell into retirement, Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray completed an improbable recovery to take another step in his quest for a first Grand Slam title. Roddick headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday. It was...
08:21 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: A ruthless Serena Williams charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Czech Andrea Hlavackova after Roger Federer was gifted a spot in the last eight when Mardy Fish withdrew from the year's final grand slam. Showing no mercy against her 82nd ranked opponent, Williams sent an ominous warning of her intention to add the US Open title to her recent wins...
08:36 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Serena Williams does not enjoy viewing videos of her losses. Not one bit. She used to engage in that sort of film work, Williams said, but "it was so painful; it was like stabbing myself." So even though Williams knew her third-round opponent at the US Open would be the same woman she lost to at the Australian Open, preparing by studying a replay of that January defeat...
08:29 AM, Sep 02, 2012
New York: Serena Williams was hailed as the greatest women's tennis player ever on Saturday before reacting angrily to criticism of her exuberant Olympic celebrations. Two days before the start of the US Open, Williams was testy with reporters, agitated by repeated references to her post-match dance in London. She claimed to be unaware of negative comments about the so-called Crip Walk she performed after winning the gold medal at...
06:33 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New York: They have five grand slam titles between them, one each this year and one of them is the world No 1. Yet on the eve of the US Open, both Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka find themselves in the shadows, almost forgotten as contenders for the final grand slam event of the year. That's because Serena Williams will go into the event with her dominance restored after her...
11:49 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro won their Western & Southern Open quarterfinals in straight sets on Friday, setting up a reprise of their bronze medal match at the Olympics. Del Potro won that one. He won that match," Djokovic said. "It happens. You lose, you win, but the most important thing is to try to move on and become even better and even stronger from those...
08:26 AM, Aug 18, 2012
Mason, Ohio: Serena and Venus Williams moved into the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open by handling the afternoon heat, humidity and wind. The conditions were too much for Andy Murray. Murray's off-day turned into the biggest upset of the tournament, a straight-sets loss on Thursday that left him with hardly any hard-court time heading into the US Open. Murray lost 6-4, 6-4 to France's Jeremy Chardy, an opponent...
08:42 AM, Aug 17, 2012
London: Serena Williams became only the second woman to complete a career Golden Slam when she won her first Olympic singles gold medal on Saturday by beating Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1. The victory completed a remarkable run of domination by the No. 4-seeded Williams, who lost only 17 games in her six matches. She went 13-0 this summer at the All England Club, where she won her fifth Wimbledon title...
08:27 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: Serena Williams won't play mixed doubles at the Olympics, and the two US teams will instead feature four doubles specialists " the Bryan brothers and Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond. "We all discussed it," US coach Mary Joe Fernandez said on Tuesday. "I think it was the best decision for the team." Raymond and Mike Bryan will be reunited after winning their third Grand Slam title together at Wimbledon...
07:58 PM, Jul 31, 2012
