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INDIAN WELLS, United States (AFP) — Former world number one Venus Williams emerged from a back-and-forth battle with a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 victory over German Andrea Petkovic to reach the second round at Indian Wells on Thursday. The US veteran said she wasn’t feeling her best, and was at a loss for words to explain the win. “I don’t know honestly. I’m still trying to figure it out,” said Williams, who closed out the first […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Venus Williams has reached a settlement with the estate of a man who died in a traffic collision in Florida with a car driven by the tennis star. The family of 78-year-old Jerome Barson filed a wrongful death suit against Williams following the June 2017 crash in Palm Beach, Florida. No charges were filed by police against Williams or the driver of the other car over the accident. The settlement […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Serena and Venus Williams will clash for the 30th time on Friday with a place in the last 16 of the US Open at stake. Six-time champion Serena eased into the third round encounter with a 6-2, 6-2 win over German world 101 Carina Witthoeft. Venus, the 2000 and 2001 champion in New York, made the third round for the 17th time with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Camila […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The United States aims to prove again that they can thrive without Serena and Venus Williams when they tackle France for a place in a second consecutive Fed Cup final this weekend. In 2017, the US won the tournament for the 18th time with a nerve-racking 3-2 victory over Belarus which was only decided in the last doubles rubber when CoCo Vandeweghe and Shelby Rogers claimed the winning point. The Williams […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Venus Williams exacted revenge on reigning Miami Open champion Johanna Konta on Monday with a superlative display to book her place in the quarter-finals. Williams, 37, was made to work hard for her passage into the fourth round, fighting off three match points before eventually seeing off Kiki Bertens in a three-hour battle on Sunday. But in Monday’s repeat of last year’s semi-final, which was won by the British number […]
INDIAN WELLS, United States (AFP) — Serena Williams, playing in her first WTA tournament since giving birth in September, crashed out of the Indian Wells tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 loss to her sister Venus on Monday. Venus closed out the 29th career meeting between the two on her second match point as Serena sailed a forehand long to end the third round match. Their most recent meeting was the 2017 Australian Open which Serena […]
INDIAN WELLS, United States (AFP) — Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-4 in the second round of the WTA Indian Wells hardcourt tournament on Saturday. The 37-year-old American moves on to the third round where she will face either her younger sister Serena or Dutch player Kiki Bertens, who are scheduled to follow Venus on the centre court Stadium. Venus Williams reached last year’s Wimbledon final where she lost in […]
by Jim SLATER Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Venus Williams celebrated her 20th anniversary at the US Open on Monday as the tournament celebrated 20 years of Arthur Ashe Stadium, where she claimed two of her seven Grand Slam titles. Williams was a 17-year-old upstart with beads in her hair when she rallied to defeat Latvia’s Larisa Neiland 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the 1997 US Open in […]
By: EBC Sports International, New York Bureau Tennie Sumague Joanne Blanco Soriano Carlo Valdez LONDON,ENGLAND- Age is definitely nothing but a number at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at the All-England Club. At 35 and a father of four, Roger Federer marches on to his 11th Wimbledon Final after easily defeating Tomas Berdych 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-4 Friday afternoon. Federer has yet to drop a set at the tournament and is seeking to make history on Sunday […]
MIAMI, Florida (AFP) — New evidence shows Venus Williams was driving “lawfully” when she was involved in a deadly car crash that sparked a lawsuit against the tennis star, police in Florida said Friday. An initial police report on the June 9 crash in Palm Beach Gardens described Williams as being “at fault” in the incident. On Friday, Palm Beach Gardens police issued a statement saying new video obtained of the collision showed that “the […]
by Steven Griffiths Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom — Venus Williams broke down in tears during a Wimbledon press conference on Monday when she was asked about her involvement in a fatal car crash. Williams is being sued by the estate of an elderly Florida man who died last month after his vehicle was hit by a car driven by the American star. The 37-year-old is accused of running a red light, inattentive driving […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The family of a man who died in a car crash involving Venus Williams plan to sue the tennis superstar, a lawyer said Friday. Attorney Michael Steinger told ABC television’s “Good Morning America” that the family of Jerome Barson would file a wrongful death suit against Williams following the June 9 crash in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Barson, who suffered head injuries in the accident, died two weeks later on […]
