By Tennis Guru on Aug 29, 2011 in Serena Williams, Tennis News, Venus Williams | 0 Comments
Sisters Serena and Venus Williams will play an exhibition match this November at Medellin, Colombia. Jhan Fontalvo, the head of the company promoting this highly anticipated event, said that this marks the first time that the high-profile sisters will make an appearance in a South American country. Serena Williams has 13 Grand Slam singles titles [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 18, 2011 in Cincinnati Masters - Open, Featured, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 3 Comments
After winning her first round match at the 2011 Cincinnati Open, tournament officials announced that Serena Williams of United States has pulled out of the scheduled second round match against Samantha Stosur of Australia today due to right toe injury. Williams and Stosur last played on Sunday at the final of the Rogers Cup which [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 15, 2011 in Rogers Cup, Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
In just her fourth tournament of the season, Serena Williams was the last woman standing among a strong field of contenders at the 2011 Rogers Cup tournament in Toronto, beating Australia’s Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-2. Two weeks ago, williams won the Stanford tournament. With the victory on Sunday, she strongly positioned herself as the strongest [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 2, 2011 in Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Tennis News | 0 Comments
After winning her first title of the season, Serena Williams’ ranking rose 90 places from 169th to 79th on Monday. The 13-time Grand Slam champion won the 2011 Bank of the West Classic title after beating Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli. Williams was sidelined for nearly a year after injuring her foot after winning the 2010 Wimbledon [...]
By Tennis Guru on Aug 1, 2011 in Bank of the West Classic, Serena Williams, Tennis News, tennis results, WTA | 0 Comments
Former world number one Serena Williams won the 2011 Bank of the West Classic after beating France’s Marion Bartoli 7-5, 6-1. This was only her third tournament of the season after a long injury break. “Coming back and hearing the claps when I walk out there are moments that I truly missed,” Williams said. “It’s [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 31, 2011 in Bank of the West Classic, Marion Bartoli, Serena Williams, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
The final of the 2011 Bank of the West Classic will take place on Sunday, July 31 and will be a rematch of a Wimbledon 2011 fourth round encounter. Serena Williams will play against Marion Bartoli of France for the title. Williams, currently ranked 169th in the world, swept past Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-1, [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 30, 2011 in Bank of the West Classic, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Tennis News | 0 Comments
Serena Williams won the battle of former world no. 1s in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Bank of the West Classic. Williams beat 2011 Wimbledon runner-up Maria Sharapova on Friday with a score of 6-1, 6-3. I had a good start,” Williams said. “You can’t go in against the fifth-ranked player with your mind everywhere. [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 29, 2011 in Bank of the West Classic, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Tennis News, WTA | 0 Comments
Despite the inactivity for nearly a year, Serena Williams remains to be a major force on WTA tour. The former world number one reached the quarterfinals of this week’s Bank of the West Classic to set up an interesting match with Maria Sharapova. This will be the battle of the former top-ranked players. “I’m sure [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 24, 2011 in Bank of the West Classic, Serena Williams, Watch Live Sports, watch online tennis | 0 Comments
The Bank of the West Classic 2011 starts on July 25 and marks the start of the 2011 US Open Series for WTA stars. Eight of the world’s top twenty are taking part in this WTA Premier tournament. The top four seeded players are Victoria Azarenka [1]; Maria Sharapova [2]; Marion Bartoli [3] and Samantha [...]
By Tennis Guru on Jul 20, 2011 in Serena Williams, Tennis Feature, Venus Williams | 0 Comments
Former world no. 1 and 13-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams has been named as the most popular female athlete in the US for the third straight year based on the data gathered by Harris Interactive. In June 2011, Harris Interactive conducted a poll amongst more than two thousand respondents, asking them for their [...]