Venus Battles Through to Second Round
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Venus Williams advanced to the second  round of the U.S. Open on Tuesday but had to work hard for her  6-3, 7-6 victory against Hungary's Petra Mandula.
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Venus Williams came through a stiff test against Serbian schoolgirl Ana Ivanovic on Thursday to book her place in the Zurich Challenge quarter-finals.
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VILLANOVA, Pa. -- Fifth-seeded Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the Advanta Tennis Championships, beating local favorite Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday night.
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Venus Williams has set up an intriguing encounter with Maria Sharapova in the Swisscom Challenge in Zurich with a tight in over Ana Ivanovic.
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Shortly after Lleyton Hewitt won a five-setter against Rafael Nadal, Alicia Molik defeated No. 8-seeded Venus Williams, 7-5, 7-6 (3).
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Venus Williams climbed five spots to No. 9 in the rankings Monday, meaning she and her sister, No. 7 Serena, are both in the top 10 for the first time in nearly two years &#151; even though both lost in straight sets at the U.S. Open to eventual champion Justine Henin.
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Second-ranked Andy Roddick overplayed this summer and hasn&#39;t scored a big win since March and for the first time since she became a legitimate pro, four-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has become vulnerable to anyone inside of the top 40.
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Venus Williams came through a stiff test  against Serbian schoolgirl Ana Ivanovic on Thursday to book her  place in the Zurich Challenge quarter-finals.
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Twice former champion Venus Williams raised her game after some ragged early play to defeat Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru and advance into the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
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ZURICH, Switzerland -- Venus Williams avenged her controversial loss at this year&#39;s Wimbledon tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Karolina Sprem at the Swisscom Challenge on Tuesday.
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Sport: Venus Williams beats Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-4 .
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Wimbledon champion Venus Williams blasted past Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-1 6-2 on Friday to charge into the fourth round of the U.S. Open.
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Venus Williams reached the second round of the Swisscom Challenge with a 6-2, 6-2 victory Tuesday over Karolina Sprem, who upset her in the second round at Wimbledon.
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Twice champion Venus Williams overcame early jitters to beat nemesis Jelena Jankovic 4-6 6-1 7-6 on Wednesday and secure a clash with world number one Justine Henin in the U.S. Open semi-finals.
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Venus Williams unleashed the fastest serve by a woman at a grand slam as the American kept the Stars and Stripes fluttering at the French Open on Wednesday.
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Defending gold medalist Venus Williams overpowers Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Athens Games' tennis tournament.
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Venus Williams was stretched to the limit in the second round of the US$ 1.3-million WTA Zurich Challenge in Switzerland on Thursday, by 16 year-old qualifier Ana Ivanovic.