Serena & Venus Williams celebrate on the podium after receiving their gold medal for winning the London 2012 Olympic Games women's doubles tennis tournament on Saturday, August 5, 2012. They defeated Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 6-4 under a closed roof on a rainy afternoon at the All England Club. Serena became
Wimbledon organizers say the Grand Slam tournament will be pushed back one week in 2015 to lengthen the grass-court season. The All England Club said in a statement Thursday that the change will "benefit the sport as a whole by creating a three-week gap between the French Open and Wimbledon," giving players more time to
Just three years ago, in 2009 as a 17-year old, Melanie Oudin of the USA was being called the comeback kid. Now she might be called the where-did-she-go kid. Back in 2009, the unknown Melanie was the story of the US Open, making an amazing run in only her 2nd US Open appearance, wearing her
World No. 18, Andrea Petkovic of Germany, has been forced to withdraw from the London Olympics due to an ankle injury suffered at the Stuttgart Grand Prix in April against current World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. "Really sorry to announce that I will not be competing at the Olympic Games," she said on
No. 33 ranked Daniela Hantuchova from Slovakia may be upping her ranking in many fans' opinions when the next issue of ESPN's Body Issue hits the newsstands on Friday. Daniela is one of many athletes who leave the clothes at home and show us what bodies of professional athletes look like. On Daniela's Official Site,
On Saturday, 4-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams of the USA did it again, adding a 5th Wimbledon trophy to her still expanding trophy case by defeating No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. At 30 years old, after missing three Grand Slams in a row in 2010 and 2011 due to injury
The 2012 Wimbledon Championships final will match up a first-time Grand Slam finalist, No. 3 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland against 4-time Wimbledon champion, No. 6 seed Serena Williams of the U.S.A. Serena brings tons of experience to the match, while Agnieszka is the first-ever male or female from Poland to reach a Grand Slam
The 2012 Wimbledon Championship semifinals have been determined, pitting in one match No. 2 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus against No. 6 Serena Williams of the U.S.A. Serena leads their head-to-head series 7-1 with the last five going to Serena, including a quarterfinal match at Wimbledon in 2009. Most recently, Serena defeated Victoria on clay at
World No. 1 Maria Sharapova of Russia has cruised into the 4th round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships with a win over No. 62 Su Wei Hsieh from Taiwan 6-1, 6-4. It wasn't as easy, however, as the score indicates. After an easy 1st set, Maria had to rally from 4-2 down in the 2nd
Unseeded Kim Clijsters of Belgium won an easy match over No. 12 seed, Vera Zvonareva of Russia in round three of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships. Kim dominated the 1st set winning 6-3. Then in the 2nd set, Vera left the court for treatment after a respiratory infection made it difficult for her to breathe. She
