Doha: Serena Williams heads for 2010 as world number one, WTA Championships, Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, but there's a worrying storm gathering over women's tennis.The new year should spark a celebration of marquee match-ups where the Williams sisters renew their epic rivalry with the returning Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin.Hopes are also high for a fully-fit Maria Sharapova to grace...
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Venus Williams reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships on Friday with a little help from Svetlana Kuznetsova. Jelena Jankovic also advanced by routing Caroline Wozniacki.Kuznetsova beat Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in their last round-robin match, securing Williams' passage into the knockout round. Dementieva would have advanced with a win, but was dominated by her fellow Russian less...
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Serena Williams was officiallyincluded on the United States team to face Italy in the FedCup final next week - but her sister Venus will not play.Serena was named along with US Open quarterfinalistMelanie Oudin, Liezel Huber and Alexa Glatch for thebest-of-five tie on November 7-8 on outdoor clay in ReggioCalabria.The Williams sisters are playing in this week's SonyEricsson Championships in Doha, the...
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completed her circuitous route to the WTA Championships final, beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic [Serena, who will end the year as world number one for the first time since 2002, got past Caroline Wozniacki ["I wasn't playing great. I think it's hard to play well against a player who's injured and is so nice," Serena told reporters. "I'm going to have to really improve my game against Venus if I want...
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Doha: The Williams sisters could be headedfor a final matchup at the Sony Ericsson Championships afterVenus advanced to the knockout rounds along with JelenaJankovic and Caroline Wozniacki.Venus, the defending champion, lost her first two groupmatches but advanced on a countback of sets thanks to SvetlanaKuznetsova's 6-3, 6-2 win over Elena Dementieva. Venus joinedunbeaten sister Serena Williams in...
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Venus Williams reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships on Friday with a little help from Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Jelena Jankovic also advanced by routing a tired Caroline Wozniacki.Kuznetsova beat Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in their last round-robin match, which secured the American’s passage into the knockout round.Dementieva would have advanced with a win but was dominated by her...
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Serena to face Venus in all-Williams Doha final < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateThe Williams sisters are heading for another title match-up, after Venus defeated Jelena Jankovic on Saturday and Caroline Wozniacki retired against Serena in the WTA Championships semi-finals.Defending champion Venus advanced to her second straight Doha final after rallying for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win. Wozniacki then had to...
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Flavia Pennetta, of Italy, pumps her fist after making a shot against Maria Sharapova. Photo Courtesy: AP.Italy will head into the Fed Cup final against the United States this weekend, as the overwhelming favourites with both Williams sisters missing from the visitors' line-up.But despite winning Sunday's season-ending Tour Championships final in Doha, Serena, who hasn't played Fed Cup since 2007,...
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DOHA: The Williams sisters are headingfor another title matchup, after Venus defeated Jelena Jankovic on Saturday andCaroline Wozniacki retired against Serena in the WTA Championshipssemi-finals.Defending champion Venus advanced to her second straightDoha final after rallying for a 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 win. Wozniacki then had to quitwith an apparent abdominal injury when trailing Serena 6-4,0-1.Wozniacki...
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LOVE ALL: Serena Williams (R) and her sister Venus Williams hold their trophies after their WTA Championships final.Copyright...
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