Serena Williams escaped ban from playing grand slam tournaments, as she has been fined $175,000 with 2 years behaviour probation for her foul mouthed tirade at US Open in September. According to International Tennis Federation (ITF), any further offence at a grand slam in the next two years would see her suspended from the...
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In my previous entry I was talking about the successful 2009 season and busy off court life for Serena Williams. Oops, she now faces a possible penalisation of $1 million fine; as well as ban from playing a grand slam tournament.
Williams was cited for committing a major offence during the semi final match against...
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The ATP World Your Finals is almost finished and we probably put too much focus on the guys. Let’s see what the WTA girls are doing. I got updates on Serena Williams here.
Straight after her triumph at Sony Ericsson Year Ended Championships, Serena hosted an autograph signing session for her new book “Queen of...
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Rafael Nadal was clearly not at his best at ATP World Tour Finals. He lost to Robin Roderling 6-4, 6-4 in his opening round robin match.
Roderling adopted similar tactics those he used to knock Nadal out at Roland Garros and was a worthy winner in this 1 hour 38 minutes match, especially comparing...
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Serena beats sister Venus to capture the year ending WTA Championships. This is her third major title of the season (Wimbledon and Australian Open).
Serena is the only player winning all matches in this Championships. In semi final Caroline Wozniacki was forced to retire due to abdominal injury when trailing 6-4, 0-1. Serena then cruises...
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It looks like the final line-up is gonna be Serena verse Venus.
Venus was handed a spot in the semis as Kuznetsova beated Dementieva 6-3, 6-2.
Such result make Venus able to advance as she score more sets than Dementieva, despite both players lost 2 matches in the round robin status.
In the white group round robin...
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Doha Day 3 features Serena’s win over Dementieva; Venus over Kuznetsova and dramatic win over Zvonareva by Wozniacki.
Serena, the year end No.1 was broken to trail 2-1 in the first set but then won seven straight games to take control of the match, moving Dementieva around the court with her powerful ground strokes....
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Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009 Serena Williams guarantees her year end No.1 ranking with a win over sister Venus Williams as well as the retirement of Dinara Safina.
Serena Williams led Venus 4-1 and two breaks but let her come back and had to save a match point when serving at 6-5. Serena then...
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The first day marked the bright debut of Belarusian Victoria Azarenka; as well as the victory of both Serena Williams and Elena Dementieva.
The erratic play of Jelena Jankovic who committed 33 unforced errors handed Azarenka an easy win. The score was 6-2, 6-3.
Both Williams sisters should have been celebrating victories but Venus, the defending...
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The elite eight qualifiers glammed up for the draw ceremony at the Sony Ericsson Championships – Doha 2009.
They all look so glamorous and elegant. Don’t you think so?
The players are divided into 2 groups of 4. Players plays round robin matches in their group, and the best 2 players of each group progress to...
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