While Venus pulled out due to an injury, Kenin announced her withdrawal, as the 22-year-old American has tested positive for Covid-19.
Tag: Venus Williams
Wimbledon 2019: Venus slayer Cori Gauff’s dream was to win, and ‘that’s what happened’
The world number 301 Cori Gauff on Monday defeated Venus 6-4, 6-4 in a match that lasted for an hour and 19 minutes.
Venus Williams defeats sister Serena
Indian Wells (US): Venus Williams beat sister Serena 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 27 minutes on Tuesday to reach the round of 16 in the Indian Wells tennis tournament, where she will now play against Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova. The elder Williams sister reached the pre-quarterfinals after clocking her 12th[Read More…]
Venus out powers youngsters: Becomes oldest player to reach Wimbledon semifinals
While the world was busy discussing the epic five-set defeat of Rafael Nadal to Luxembourg ace Gillis Muller in Wimbledon 2017. The news of Venus reaching semi-finals came as a breath of fresh air for tennis fans. Five-time champion Venus Williams won in her 100th singles match at Wimbledon to[Read More…]
Tennis megastar Serena Williams is pregnant!
On Wednesday, tennis necromancer Serena Williams announced on Snapchat that she is 20 weeks pregnant with her first child. Serena, who is expecting to give birth this fall, is taking a maternity leave through the rest of 2017. Serena, who is also one of the world’s highest-paid players, is engaged to[Read More…]
US Open 2016: Serena Williams’s winning crusade ends in disappointment
Serena Williams’s dream of winning her seventh US Open Grand Slam came to a halt after she lost the semi final match against Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova at Flushing Meadows. The 10th seed Pliskova defeated Williams in straight sets 6-2, 7-6 (5). This defeat also ended Williams’ 3-year reign as[Read More…]
Serena Williams proves she is unbeatable with a new record
World No. 1 Serena Williams on Monday registered her 308th Grand Slam win against 52-seeded Yaroslava Shvedova in the US Open, thereby breaking Roger Federer’s record by winning the most Grand Slam matches in her career. Serena had earlier tied her score of grand slams wins with Martina Hingis when she defeated Russia’s Yaroslava[Read More…]
Rio Olympics 2016: Day 2 round up
On second day of Rio Olympics, many great legends were in for shock as the Williams sisters lost their first ever women’s doubles match to Czech Republic players Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The pair walked into the court with an unbeatable record of 15-0 in[Read More…]
Martin del Potro stuns World No 1 Novak Djokovic, leaves him in tears
Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro left World No 1 Novak Djokovic in tears after overpowering him in the first round of the Rio Olympics. The World No 144 displayed a powerful forehand to put up a 7-6, 7-6 score on the board. The Serbian was looking to go big at[Read More…]