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Serena Williams off to frustrating start in 2015

Serena Williams off to frustrating start in 2015

PERTH (AFP) – If the Hopman Cup is anything to go by, world number one Serena Williams has some serious fine-tuning to do if she wants to claim her 19th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open later this month. The 33-year-old spluttered her way through the mixed-team tournament in ...

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US powers into Hopman Cup final

PERTH (AFP) – The United States pairing of Serena Williams and John Isner snuck into the Hopman Cup final with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic at the Perth Arena on Thursday. The pre-tournament favourites had to complete a clean sweep of the Czech combination of Lucie Safarova and ...

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Mid-match coffee perks up Serena Williams Hopman Cup

Williams will be aiming for her 19th Grand Slam singles title at Australian Open later this month.

  PERTH (AFP) – World number one Serena Williams needed a shot of coffee to regain her best form during her opening match at the mixed teams Hopman Cup at the Perth Arena on Monday. Perked up by a cup of coffee at the end of the first set, Williams ...

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Serena Williams leads glamorous field ahead of WTA Finals

From left to right, Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, Eugenie Bouchard and Simona Halep pose with the WTA Finals trophy at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore

Serena Williams posed with fellow tennis stars ahead of a glamorous preview of next week’s WTA Finals in Singapore. French Open champion Maria Sharapova, Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki make up the white group at the round-robin, end-of-season event.

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US Open: Cautious Serena Williams taking nothing for granted

Serena’s US Open buildup has been less than stellar in the three grand slams, where she has failed to reach the quarter-finals. PHOTO: AFP

NEW YORK: Two-time defending champion Serena Williams could find two familiar rivals in her path as she vies for a first Grand Slam title of 2014. Serena is projected to face Serbian eighth seed Ana Ivanovic in the quarter-finals. Although Serena leads their career head-to-head 7-1, former world number one ...

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Maria Sharapova hopes to win fifth Grand Slam title French Open 2014

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PARIS: Maria Sharapova exploded onto the international scene 10 years ago as a 17-year-old with a spectacular straight sets demolition of Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final. On Saturday at Roland Garros she hopes to end a decade of top tennis by defeating Simona Halep of Romania for her ...

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