Serena Williams’ 17-match winning streak ended on Saturday after she decided to pull out of her semifinal match against Li Na of China at the 2012 Italian Open, citing lower back injury. The former world number one said that she already started feeling the pain earlier this week. “It was feeling a little stiff and [...]

Serena Williams simply overpowered top-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Madrid Open title. The win assured the 13-time Grand Slam champion of clinching the no. 6 ranking when the world rankings get updated on Monday. “This is really good. I have been working hard. I had some tough battles and really [...]

The Serena Williams vs Victoria Azarenka match-up has been a long anticipated event of 2012 season ever since Azarenka clinched the world number one ranking and won four tournaments including the 2012 Australian Open. This is now made possible at the Mutua Madrid Open 2012 final with both players beating their formidable semifinal opponents. Azarenka [...]

Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams confirmed via her official Twitter account that she’ll be making her return in WTA competition via the Sony Ericsson Open 2012 tournament in Miami, Florida. While other top WTA stars are competing at the BNP Paribas Open 2012 tournament in Indian Wells, California, Williams is said to be preparing [...]

Former top-ranked Serena Williams has pulled out of this week’s Monterrey Open because of an ankle injury. The WTA has reportedly informed the tournament organizers about the withdrawal on Saturday. Williams did not accept the wild-card invitation because she’s still recovering from the injury she sustained earlier this year at a tournament in Brisbane, Australia. [...]

Former world number one Serena Williams is reportedly dating Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov. According to the New York Post, the pair was spotted recently having a great time in Paris. The source said that the pair had lunch at L’Avenue restaurant and had a romantic stroll on the streets of Paris. It is known [...]

Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams is a favorite to win the Australian Open 2012 title, which begins on January 16. However, her participation at the first major tournament of the season is in doubt after she sprained her left ankle at the Brisbane International tournament this week. Williams went on to win her second [...]

Multiple Grand Slam-winning sisters Venus and Serena Williams are all set to defend their Olympic tennis doubles titles in London next year. They won the event at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Games. They were unable to defend the title at 2004 Athens Games because Serena had a knee injury. “We’re the defending champion [...]

Venus and Serena Williams participated in a series of exhibition tennis matches in Milan on Saturday against Italian stars Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta. Both lost their singles matches against Francesca Schiavone before rallying to win their doubles matches. Venus Williams also lost her singles match against Pennetta. However, the latter lost against the younger [...]

Thirteen-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams was in danger of being banned from the US Open 2011 after her outburst against the umpire in Sunday’s women’s final. However, the three-time US Open winner only received a $2,000 from the United States Tennis Association (USTA). Williams was on a two-year probation after she verbally lashed out [...]