ROME – Serena Williams, playing the 1000th WTA match of her career, crashed out of the Italian Open in the second round on Wednesday, weeks before her bid to make history at Roland Garros.
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Williams again comes up short in Grand Slam final
Maybe someday, in the distant future, Serena Williams will look back and be proud of herself for making it to the final at four of the first seven Grand Slam tournaments she played in after having a baby. Not right…
US Open Glance: Williams, Andreescu to play for the title
New York, Sept 7 (AP/UNB) —Serena Williams gets another chance to win a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title when she faces 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu, who is trying to become the first Canadian woman to win one. The eighth-seeded Williams…
Serena learnt just before Konta loss that half-sister’s killer freed
Johanna Konta took just 53 minutes to beat former world number one Williams on 30 July. Serena Williams says she discovered just minutes before her match against Johanna Konta last month that the man convicted of killing her half-sister had…