Tag: Serena Williams

4 February 2020, 9:59 AM

Former world number one Serena Williams must rethink her approach to Grand Slams after her latest bid to win a ...

While Federer has said he will still be around for Wimbledon next year Williams has been tight-lipped on her future.

Serena Williams knocked out of Australian Open

by Sesona Mahlahla

24 January 2020, 6:10 PM

Serena Williams is out of the Australian Open.

Serena Williams of the USA hits to Maria Sharapova of Russia in the first round on day one of the 2019 US Open tennis tournament.

Williams breaks three-year title drought to win in Auckland

by Bongisipho Magcaba

12 January 2020, 9:54 AM

Serena Williams wins her first title since the 2017 Australian Open.

Williams reached the finals at 19 of the 33 majors she competed in and collected 37 singles titles over the past decade.

Serena named AP Female Athlete of Decade

29 December 2019, 10:39 PM

6 September 2019, 9:33 AM

Tennis superstar Serena Williams was named Female Athlete of the Decade by The Associated Press, as voted on by AP ...

Tantalizingly close to tying Margaret Court’s record 24 Grand Slam titles, Williams is already tennis’ undisputed GOAT (Greatest of All Time) in the eyes of her legions of adoring fans, with an ever-growing, odds-defying career and trophy case.

Serena poised for multiple record-breaking US Open final

by Sesona Mahlahla

5 September 2019, 6:06 AM

Twenty years after an improbable run at the age of 17 to her maiden US Open victory, Serena Williams is ...

Serena sweeps into semis, chalks up her 100th US Open win

by Wendy Mothata

2 September 2019, 8:55 AM

Serena Williams claimed her 100th win at the U.S. Open in style on Tuesday, dismantling her quarter-final opponent Wang Qiang ...

Serena hoping ankle holds up after advancing to US Open quarters

by Wendy Mothata

Serena Williams charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, but it may have come at a price as the ...

Williams, who captured the first of her six US Open titles two years before her 17-year-old opponent was born, spent the first half of the match trying to find her rhythm but when she did she was off to the races

Serena survives scare to reach US Open third round

29 August 2019, 8:46 AM

Serena Williams survived a second-round scare at the US Open on Wednesday with a 5-7 6-3 6-1 win over American ...

Serena Williams of the USA hits to Maria Sharapova of Russia in the first round on day one of the 2019 US Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Serena, Djokovic headline Day Three action in New York

28 August 2019, 8:56 AM

Serena Williams will resume her quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title at the US Open on Wednesday while ...

Serena proves too strong for Sharapova in U.S. Open showdown

by Skhangiwe Mthiyane

27 August 2019, 5:51 AM

Serena Williams trounced old foe Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-1 in their blockbuster first-round clash at the U.S. Open on Monday ...

The Auckland Open serves as a warm-up before the year’s first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, which begins on Jan. 20 next year.

Serena to begin 2020 season with return to Auckland Open

by Reuters

20 August 2019, 7:25 PM

Former world number one Serena Williams will begin her 2020 season with a return to the Auckland Open in January, ...

Naomi Osaka becomes Japan’s first ever Grand Slam champion after she beat Serena Williams in a controversial US Open final.

Serena rolls past Osaka in Toronto, Halep retires

10 August 2019, 6:35 AM

Serena Williams moved into the Rogers Cup semi-finals on Friday with a maiden career victory over Naomi Osaka in their ...

Three-times champion Williams, playing her first match since falling to Simona Halep in the Wimbledon final, married her trademark power with quick movement and a steady stream of booming serves to overwhelm Belgian Mertens

Serena storms into third round in Toronto

8 August 2019, 10:20 AM

Serena Williams made a solid start to her first US Open tune-up with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Elise Mertens ...

Serena Williams’s hopes of matching Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles were dashed again on Saturday with a crushing straight sets defeat by Romanian Simona Halep.

Serena to fight for equality until ‘the grave’

by Bomkazi Malobola

14 July 2019, 12:54 PM

Beaten Wimbledon finalist Serena Williams has said she has no plans to give up fighting for equality to focus solely ...

Serena Williams was beaten 6-2, 6-2 in less than an hour by Simona Halep.

Equality is my cause: Serena puts legend King in her place

14 July 2019, 8:15 AM

Serena Williams delivered a stinging rebuke to fellow tennis legend Billie Jean King who said she should focus on tennis ...

Romania's Simona Halep and Serena Williams of the U.S. embrace after the final REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Halep eases past Williams to secure Wimbledon victory

by Chuma Nobanda

13 July 2019, 4:18 PM

Simona Halep torpedoed Serena Williams's latest bid to capture a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam on Saturday when she stormed to ...

US player Serena Williams gesture as she leaves the court.

Calm before the storm? Halep stands between Serena and Court landmark

13 July 2019, 12:13 PM

Serena Williams's place among the legends of tennis is assured but her mission will not be accomplished unless she at ...

Williams claimed after her semi-final romp over unseeded Czech Barbora Strycova that the Court landmark is not on her mind.

Serena Williams to play against Simona Halep in Wimbledon final

by Sesona Mahlahla

13 July 2019, 7:33 AM