Once again, Serena Williams has proven that she is the best female tennis player in the world. Serena swept through her competition in the round-robin stage before squeaking her way past Li Na in the finals 2-5, 6-3, 6-0. The win gave her an incredible 11 titles for the year. This is the second straight
World No. 1 Serena Williams of the USA won the Female Athlete of the Year award at the 21st annual ESPY Awards. Williams won two awards, defeating a pair of Olympians, gymnast Gabby Douglas and swimmer Missy Franklin, and former Baylor basketball star Brittney Griner. Williams didn’t attend because she’s playing a tournament in Sweden.
No. 15 ranked Marion Bartoli of France earned her first ever Wimbledon Championship with a domineering win over No. 24 Sabine Lisicki of Germany, 6-1, 6-4 at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. It was not the final match up anyone envisioned with the likes of Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova seeded No. 1 and 2 respectively.
At 31, the oldest World #1 woman in the open era, Serena Williams, dominated the 2013 French Open from start to finish, and it was a grand finish. Pushed to three sets only once throughout the seven matches, Serena finished off a spectacular performance by defeating World #2, Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-4 in the final
Serena Williams of the USA continues to prove she belongs on top of the women's tennis world with an easy straight-sets win over Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-0, 6-2 at the 2013 French Open. Serena committed only 15 unforced errors to move on to round four. She has lost only six games in three matches.
World No. 1 Serena Williams is among the top players to advance through the opening round at the 2013 French Open. It took four days to complete the rain-delayed round one. Serena continued her amazing dominance by defeating No. 74 ranked Anna Tatishvili of Georgia 6-0, 6-1. The first set took only 20 minutes. Tatishvili
World # 1, Serena Williams continued her dominance on top of the WTA tour by handily dismissing # 3, Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the championship match of the 2013 Italian Open completed in Rome today. In doing so, Serena extended her longest career winning streak to 24 consecutive matches. Her previous longest streak had
Playing as the oldest No. 1 ranked woman in the open era, Serena Williams captured her 6th title at Miami with a three-set victory over No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the 2013 Sony Open. Maria started out very aggressive and broke Serena in the fifth game to take a 3-2 lead in the first set.
World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka is no longer World No. 1 in spite of defeating No. 2 ranked Serena Williams in the final of the 2013 Qatar Open held in Doha, Qatar Feb. 11-Feb 17. Final score: 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3. In spite of the loss, Serena took over the No. 1 ranking simply by advancing
Sloane Stephens is pulling our of the U.S. Fed Cup team's upcoming first-round matches against Italy because of a strained abdominal muscle. Melanie Oudin will replace Stephens on the U.S. roster for the Feb. 9-10 matches on indoor red clay at Rimini, Italy. Stephens, currently ranked a career-high 17th, was hurt during her run to
