SERENA STUNNED BY RUSSIAN
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The Russian revolution in women&#39;s tennis appears to be expanding further after Alina Jidkova saw off former world number one Serena Williams in the second round of the Generali Ladies Linz in Austria.
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After collapsing with a strained calf muscle, Serena Williams made the most of a rain delay at Wimbledon to hobble back and defeat Daniela Hantuchov, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-2.
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Top seed Serena Williams had to toil to get past Russian Dinara Safina 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 in the second round at the 585,000 China Open here Wednesday.
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Serena Williams admitted to a rare bout of nerves after making a stuttering start to her Australian Open title defense with a 6-3  win over Jarmila Gajdosova in the first round on Monday.
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Muttering and mumbling throughout, Serena Williams looked a tortured soul at Wimbledon on Wednesday before finally reaching the third round.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Former world No. 1 Serena  Williams was forced to dig deep before beating 11th-seeded  Russian Nadia Petrova, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, Sunday to reach the  quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
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Serena Williams sees off  Lindsay Lee-Waters in round two of the US Open.
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Serena Williams reached the 19th grand slam quarter-final of her career on Sunday with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 defeat of Russian Dinara Safina.
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Former champion Serena Williams  hammered Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of  the U.S. Open Sunday and then said she was surprised to have  the crowd on her side.
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NEW YORK -- When Yelena Dementyeva lost to fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina in the French Open final in June, she could barely hold back the tears.
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Seventh seed Serena Williams survived some erratic moments to beat Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-5 6-0 in the first round of Wimbledon on Monday.
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Serena Williams strode on to court for her first match at the US Open in an outfit that would have sent shockwaves through the All England Club.
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TOP seed and defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium suffered a major shock as she was knocked out of the US Open by Russiaâs Nadia Petrova.
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Top seed Serena Williams was made to work hard before overcoming Dinara Safina of Russia in the second round of the inaugural China Open on Wednesday.
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Serena Williams is in love - with her new attacking game and herself. Williams moved a step closer to salvaging her season with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Amelie Mauresmo in the WTA Championships on Sunday.
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AFTER losing to Maria Sharapova in the Wimbledon final, Serena Williams will get a chance to redeem some of her lost pride when she takes on the Russian teenager in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was stunned 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 by unseeded Alicia Molik in the final of the $US1.3 million WTA event in Zurich on Sunday.