Nadal, Serena set out stall for French Open
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams fired warning shots to their French Open rivals with comprehensive victories over Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka respectively in Rome on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams fired warning shots to their French Open rivals with comprehensive victories over Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka respectively in Rome on Sunday.
Serena Williams retained her Madrid Open title on Sunday with a devastating display to beat world number two Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4.
Serena and Venus Williams delivered singles victories Sunday to lift the United States to a 3-2 Fed Cup playoff victory over Sweden that will keep America in the elite World Group.
Five-time champion Serena Williams wasted no time booking her berth in the WTA Miami final by steamrolling Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 6-3 to set up a title clash with third seed Maria Sharapova.
Maria Sharapova keeps drawing a different opponent in the Key Biscayne final, and has yet to find one she can beat.
Serena Williams, who is looking for her record sixth Miami title, rolled over defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 6-3 to reach the final of the Miami WTA hardcourt event on Thursday.
Five-time champion Serena Williams advanced Tuesday to the Sony Open semifinals and tied the women’s record for career victories in the tournament by beating No. 5-seeded Li Na 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Serena Williams’ match was more than an hour old Monday before she began to make some noise.
The 2013 Fed Cup World Group gets underway Saturday with the tournament missing marquee names Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova and with a late format tweak aimed at boosting the event’s appeal.
Victoria Azarenka or Serena Williams will hold the WTA’s No. 1 ranking Monday depending on the result of Saturday’s Australian Open final between Azarenka and China’s Li Na.
American teenager Sloane Stephens sent the Australian Open women’s draw into disarray Wednesday when she dumped injury-hit hot favourite Serena Williams out of the quarterfinals.
American teenager Sloane Stephens ended Serena Williams’ bid for a historic calendar-year Grand Slam when she sent the injury-hampered favourite crashing out of the Australian Open Wednesday.
Serena Williams may have rolled her ankle, and whacked herself in the lip with her racket, but that doesn’t mean she needs any extra rest.
