Sluggish Serena through to third round
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Serena Williams continued her inconsistent play but rolled into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 7-5 6-2 victory over Italian Maria Elena Camerin on Wednesday.
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VIENNA - Serena Williams looked so ill she could barley lift her racket at times as she suffered a 7-6 6-2 defeat to Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova in the second round of the Linz Open WTA tournament on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - Hardly at her best, barely beating one of the tour's pesky teens, Serena Williams suddenly found herself face-down at the U.S. Open...
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PARIS -- Serena Williams's "Come on!" count was rising rapidly. Her first French Open match since 2004 hardly went according to plan at the outset yesterday, and Williams kept grimacing and admonishing herself as each shaky shot helped her 91st-ranked opponent race ahead by a set and a service break.
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Hobbled and hurting and essentially playing on one leg, Serena Williams managed to gut out a three-set victory at Wimbledon on Monday against an opponent who helped by fading right along with the daylight.
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Maybe Serena Williams wasn't as healthy as she said. Maybe she wasn't as match-tested as she really needed to be. This much is certain: When it comes to playing Justine Henin at Grand Slams this year, Williams has been overmatched every time.
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Sport: Serena Williams hit her stride in a tough match with Alicia Molik, which ended in bizarre fashion.
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Defending champion Serena Williams delivered an ominous warning to rivals eyeing her Australian Open crown when she swatted aside China's Meng Yuan to reach the third round Wednesday.
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Defending champion Serena Williams slumped out of the Australian Open in a 6-3, 6-4 quarterfinal loss to third-ranked Jelena Jankovic today.
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The third-seeded Serena Williams is the first woman in the quarterfinals at the US Open. She beat Switzerland&#39;s Patty Schnyder Sunday, 6-to-4, 6-to-2.
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A despondent Serena Williams grudgingly faced reporters after her 7-6 6-1 defeat to top seed Justine Henin in Tuesday's quarter-finals of the U.S. Open, tears staining her checks after the bitter result.
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Wearing what she described as her &quot;micro-mini&quot; outfit, third-seeded Serena Williams advanced to the third round of the US Open on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow American Lindsay Lee-Waters.
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Serena Williams moved into the fourth  round of the U.S. Open with an error-strewn 7-5, 6-4, defeat of  French teenager Tatiana Golovin on Friday.
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Serena Williams struggled before finding her game Wednesday and reached the China Open quarterfinals with Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova.
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American superstar Serena Williams finally arrived in Australia on Sunday, tired and several days late, but confident she was on track to defend her Australian Open title.
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Ailing Serena Williams suffered her  earliest tournament defeat since April 2000 when she was beaten  7-6, 6-2 by Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova in the second round  of the Linz Open Wednesday.
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Defending champion Justine Henin-Hardenne scraped through to the third round of the US Open Thursday but her progress was about as smooth as rush-hour traffic in downtown Manhattan.