Tennis: Serena Williams crashes out of WTA top 10
PARIS (AFP) – Serena Williams dropped out of the WTA top 10 for the first time in more than two years when the new rankings were released on Monday (July 12). The 39-year-old, who has spent 319 weeks at number one over the course of her glittering career, dropped rankings points at Wimbledon, where she... » read more
Tennis: Jabeur beats Venus Williams to reach Wimbledon third round
LONDON (AFP) – Ons Jabeur the first Arabic woman to win a WTA tournament reached the third round of Wimbledon for the first time on Wednesday (June 30) beating five time champion Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0. Williams follows her sister Serena out of the singles tournament although she will play with Nick Kyrgios in the... » read more
Tennis: Williams knocked out of French Open by Rybakina as quest for 24th Slam goes on
PARIS (AFP) – Serena Williams’ latest quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title ended with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat by Kazakh 21st seed Elena Rybakina in the French Open last 16 on Sunday (June 6). The 39-year-old American, still one short of Margaret Court’s all-time record of most Grand Slam singles titles, has not... » read more
Tennis: Serena Williams through to French Open third round after second-set blip
PARIS (REUTERS) – Former world number one Serena Williams, chasing a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title, overcame a second-set blip to reach the French Open third round with a 6-3 5-7 6-1 win against Romania’s Mihaela Buzarnescu on Wednesday (June 2). Three-time Roland Garros champion Williams, who has been stuck on 23 major titles... » read more
Tennis: Serena Williams suffers shock loss in 1,000th career match
ROME (REUTERS) – Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat by Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska in the the Italian Open second round on Wednesday (May 12). Playing her first competitive match in nearly three months, the 23-times Grand Slam champion twice came back from a break... » read more
Tennis: Venus Williams dumped out of Miami Open first round
MIAMI (AFP) – Venus Williams crashed out of the Miami Open on Tuesday (March 23), losing her first round game in straight sets to Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan. Diyas advanced to a second round meeting with Swiss 11th seed Belinda Bencic after completing a 6-2, 7-6 (12/10) victory in 1hr 28min on the Hard Rock... » read more
Tennis: Serena Williams pulls out of Miami Open following oral surgery
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) – Serena Williams will not compete at this week’s Miami Open as the 23-times Grand Slam singles champion recovers from oral surgery, the Associated Press reported on Sunday (March 21). The 39-year-old Florida resident has won the Miami Open a record eight times and joins big names including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal... » read more
Motor racing: F1 team Williams forced to abandon ‘virtual’ launch after hack
LONDON (AFP) – Formula One team Williams had to abandon the unveiling of their 2021 car via an augmented reality app on Friday (March 5) after they were targeted by hackers. The British team had hoped to allow fans to project the new machine into their homes but instead they had to pull the plug... » read more
Serena relishing semi-final against ‘cool cat’ Osaka
MELBOURNE • Serena Williams was not about to let Simona Halep derail her run to a 24th Grand Slam women’s singles championship. Not again. The summer of 2019 may seem like a lifetime ago in a world reeling from a pandemic that is taking a second lap of the calendar. But for Williams, the scab... » read more