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Maria "Shriek"apova's game may be struggling these days
but the Russian still rules when it comes to
making green. Forbes magazine just released their annual list of the Top-Earning Female Athletes and the Russian fashionista, who also made the mag's ...
Tennis Diary is on a roll. I’m at
the WTA event in Carson just south of Los
Angeles this week, Mike McIntyre is in Toronto, Nate Cunningham will be at the Cincinnati event next week, I will be at the ATP event in Los Angeles the week after that, and John Keeley, who writes for MVN partner site On Frozen Blog, will be at the Washington Kastles match on Wednesday night.
Top-seeded Serena Williams rallied from one set down
to beat hard-hitting teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito of
Portugal 4-6 6-3 6-2. Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match - against a 15-year-old qualifier no less.
Serena has a very powerful all-round game which
consists of strong ground strokes mixed with a powerful
serve. Her serve is very compact and tends not to break down. Both forehand and backhands are equally powerful and dangerous. Serena is quite good at moving forward into the court but still doesn’t have the volleys to play a lot from the net. This is really the key weakness in her game.
As many of my fellow FanHousers understand all
too intimately, sports blogging can often morph into part-time,
but year-round obsession. As somebody who has covered the NHL as a blogger for seven seasons, I've come to appreciate just how difficult ...
The Williams sisters have taken it in turns
to claim the ladies singles crown and have done
so with boring regularity since the year 2000. Will this be the year of Eastern European domination in the Ladies Championships with the likes of Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic, Nadia Petrova or Svetlana Kuznetsova...?
Serena Williams says she’s excited about Democratic party
presumptive nominee Barack Obama. Thinks it’s grand. Wacky cool.
Good for the country, good for the world. So would she vote for him? Not a chance in hell. “I’m ...
Serena Williams beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez this
morning (6-1, 7-5), to advance to the 4th round
of Wimdbledon. Not that anyone cares because the more attractive girls were bounced during the work week, rendering pictures of Maria Sharapova ...
Williams sisters on course for final date, Serena Williams, Williams sisters on course for final ...
Williams sisters on course for final date, Serena
Williams, Williams sisters on course for final meeting
Surely you were glued to the tv/internet waiting
for Jelena Jankovic’s Monday match at Wimbledon. What? You
weren’t? Seriously? You have no clue who she is? You were waxing your legs instead? Umm … that’s a tad weird. ...
Check out latest sports News Zheng Jie became
the first Chinese to reach a grand slam semi-final
when she beat Nicole Vaidisova 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 on Tuesday at Wimbledon, setting up a clash with former champion Serena Williams.
Andre Gomes Pick: WTA Wimbledon - Jie Zheng
(CHN) vs Serena Williams (USA)
WIMBLEDON, England -- Five years since their last
title matchup, the Williams sisters are back in the
Wimbledon final with another Grand Slam championship -- and family bragging rights -- at stake. The sisters won in straight sets Thursday to set up ...
Twice winner Serena Williams reached the Wimbledon final
for the fourth time and third against sister Venus
on Thursday with a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie on Centre Court.
Harder road to final with top seeds out
Serena, Wimbledon 2008, wimbledon Match schedule, Wimbledon
This year’s Wimbledon women’s final should be labeled
“Sister Act III”, as Venus & Serena Williams will
face off for the third time in the tournament’s championship match. The gals took care of business on Thursday when Serena outlasted Zheng Jie while Venus eased victory from Elena Dementieva . After watching Serena’s semifinal triumph, Venus ...
One of the Williams sisters will take another
Wimbledon title Saturday when Venus and Serena meet up
in the women's final. Then on Sunday, Roger Federer goes for his sixth straight Wimbledon crown when he faces his nemesis Rafael Nadal in the men's final. This preview is presented by BetUs Sportsbook in conjunction with OffshoreInsiders.com Both of the ...
WIMBLEDON - Venus and Serena Williams have a
busy schedule today. First they'll be on opposite sides
of the Centre Court net, each trying to beat the other for the Wimbledon singles title - their seventh all-in-the-family final at a Grand Slam...
In prior championship match-ups, the Williams sisters looked
all the part of nervous sisters not trying to
make the other look bad. Time, fame and prestige seems to have taken the awkward nature out of their rivalry, as Venus was unwilling to concede early struggles in the match, and Serena was unwilling to be a gracious loser in the post-match presser.
Wimbledon 2008 Schedule for Day 12: Saturday, July
5, 2008 Centre Court 2.00 pm 1. Ladies’ Singles
Serena Williams (USA)[6] v. Venus Williams (USA)[7] 2. Gentlemen’s Doubles Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)[8] v. Daniel Nestor (CAN)[2] Kevin Ullyett (ZIM)[8] Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)[2] 3. Ladies’ Doubles Lisa Raymond (USA)[16] v. Serena Williams (USA)[11] Samantha Stosur ...

















Tennis' lady ballers rule Forbes earnings list, Maria ...