Posts Tagged ‘Serena Williams’
‘Psycho’ Serena Takes Down ‘Ultimate Enemy’
BOW Classic: Williams Maintains Dominance of Sharapova
STANFORD, CALIF. — It was akin to Ali lauding Frazier. McEnroe endorsing Connors. Tony Stewart ushering Kurt Busch to the checkered flag. Tracing a compelling rivalry that reaches all the way back to 2004, when a then 17-year-old Maria Sharapova outmuscled Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final, the relationship between the Russo-American tandem hasn’t exactly [...]
Bagel, Anyone?: Serena Soars at BOW Classic
Williams Anything But Rusty In 6-0, 6-0 Blanking of Rodionova
STANFORD, CALIF. — Earlier this week, a surgically repaired Maria Sharapova said her comeback trail has been filled with “a lot of zigzags.” Serena Williams can relate. While the 13-time Grand Slam titlist — who currently owns an out-of-place/out-of-character ranking of No. 169 — says she’s not ready to put a label on her own [...]
Adventures In Serenaville
The Saga Continues
FIVE WORDS THAT BRING SMILES TO THE FACES OF THE WTA ESTABLISHMENT: The Wimbledon chair ump utters words we were never sure we would hear again: “Miss Serena Williams to serve” SERENA’S BACK AND SO IS THE POSSIBILITY OF HER PLAYING INDIAN WELLS: Serena has been chatty of late. She told Doug Robson that when [...]
Serena Snub: Williams Relegated to Court 2
Four-Time Champ Puzzled By Wimbledon Scheduling
Serena William‘s emotional return to the All England Club has been the feel-good first-week story at Wimbledon, as the 13-time Grand Slam champ steps back into competitive play after a yearlong hiatus. But one has to wonder: why would a former No. 1 and four-time Wimbledon titlist be relegated to the hardly-center-stage, 4,000-seat Court 2? [...]
Serena: ‘These Are the Things That Make Life Interesting’
Williams Emotional In Wimbledon Return; Defeats Rezai 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
LONDON — Her slick black hair neatly brushed back behind a narrow white headband, toting her massive Wilson bag, her game face firmly etched in place, Serena Williams walked out on court, her head down, gazing at the most fabled surface in tennis. The still-sleepy Centre Court crowd greeted tennis’ “dahlin’ diva” with proper applause. [...]
Off to a Tidy Start
The Buzz: Wimbledon Day 1
LONDON — John Lloyd said, “Serena and Venus Williams are rightly regarded as two of the greatest players of all time, but I believe it would be a huge embarrassment for the WTA Tour if either won this Wimbledon.” Then again, American Bethanie Mattek-Sands claimed that if Serena wins Wimbledon, “it will be the most [...]
Serena: ‘I Was On My Death Bed’
A 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 Winner In Return, Williams Revisits Health Scares
Given the fact that she hadn’t played since winning Wimbledon last year, few were surprised to see Serena Williams drop the first set of her match against Tsvetana Pironkova in just 28 minutes at the Aegon International in Eastbourne. What was surprising was how quickly she turned the match around, handing Pironkova — the No. [...]
Rafa: ‘Nole Has Good Chance At No. 1’
Inside Tennis Notebook
WORD FROM SERENA: She stopped short of giving a timeframe for her return, but Serena Williams, in Washington, D.C. for a junior clinic, said, “I’m feeling better. Just starting training. I’m a little later than I suspected and hoped. But it’s going steady. Slow and steady, I think, always works out when it’s a race.” [...]
The Art of Celebration
Reflections On Tennis' Most Poignant Moment
We’ve all had them — peak experiences — those singular moments of sheer joy and pure ecstasy. You know them, you’ve felt them. The moment you got into college, your wedding day, the birth of a child – those precious few big bang moments when we’re flooded with a certain intoxicating mix, a heady tonic: [...]
Sexy Serena and the Hamlet of Tennis
Sony Ericsson Open Notebook
FED VS. MARTINA: After Martina Navratilova said Roger Federer “is on the other side of the float. I don’t think he’ll ever play as well as he did three or four years ago. That’s not to say he can’t still win a Slam, but it’s difficult to see him climbing back to No. 1,” the [...]