Archive: venus-williams
Here are today's photos of those who won and lost from the French Open.
For close to twenty years, the face of American tennis has been Venus and Serena Williams. My mind wanders back to the silhouettes of two little girls scampering around the court, beads woven into their hair clacking in cadence to some faraway drum that was audible only to the two of them.
With the French Open just starting, we chose some of the best shots for today. Enjoy!
As usual, at least for the last nearly ninety years, the last month of spring always brings Roland Garros and for the past few years – buckets of rain. Even with the overcast skies and brief periods of showers, the crowds were buzzing with excitement.
Mats Merkel is a key member of the Adidas high performance team. Here he is @roland Garros taking a selfie. Look at those clouds in the background. Look at that smile. He is ready to go.
Some significant scheduling conflicts are looming between WTA events and the Fed Cup ties next month. Both Venus Williams and Dominika Cibulkova are expected at Kuala Lumpur the same week as their countries compete in the women's team competition.
Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC) took on American Venus Williams for the second time on Thursday as she was trying to reach her third quarter-final of the season at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.
Is the Super Show still super? Not for tennis. The four-day pageant is a first rate production for sporting goods manufacturers to display their wares to retailers across the country.
Click here to see the latest Family Circle Cup results.
The long-running 13-year boycott of the Indian Wells Masters by the Williams sisters goes on after Serena announced that she had considered - and rejected - an appeal to return to the tournament.
For the first time in four years, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams is returning to Philadelphia when she visits the Villanova University Pavilion with the three-time defending Mylan World TeamTennis (WTT) Champion Washington Kastles to challenge the Philadelphia Freedoms on Thursday, July 17.
The sport's top names put in some work for their sponsors before playing their opening matches at Miami. Maria Sharapova did her part to maintain her status as the top-earning women's athlete, showing at the JW Marquis hotel on Monday for a Tag Heuer event. Sharapova took part in a clinic with guests of the company...
Click here to view the Sony Open Tennis results and more.
Based on current rankings, these seedings should have been reversed -- Sloane Stephens came in ranked #16, Caroline Wozniacki #18. But you would never have known it! And, because Stephens was defending 140 points and Wozniacki only 80, that will reverse -- Stephens will fall to no better than #18, with Wozniacki probably #17 and with the chance to go higher.
The second set of this was frankly pretty ugly, but Caroline Wozniacki survived. She's still only #17 in safe points, though, and will need a lot more to go any higher. Monica Puig will be around #55.
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