Serena Blames Headache for Linz Upset
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Serena Williams blamed a headache for her poor play in a 7-6 (5), 6-3 upset loss to qualifier Alina Jidkova in the second round of the Generali Ladies Open.
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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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There was Serena Williams, unseeded but overpowering her opponent, then quoting supermodel-turned-reality-TV-star Heidi Klum. There was Martina Hingis, down a set but coming back by using all of her guile and working every angle on court, including smacking one volley left-handed.
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Lindsay Davenport and Serena Williams were supposed to play in the season-ending finals in Munich three years ago. That&#39;s when Davenport seriously hurt her knee.
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Champion Serena Williams applied the pressure when she need to and withstood a tough fourth-round challenge from Nicole Vaidisova on Sunday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
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Back at Roland Garros for the first time in three years, Serena Williams was hardly in the mood for nostalgia Friday.
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SERENA WILLIAMS, who says she is enjoying unprecedented crowd support at the US Open, admitted it was a difficult decision to play here because three doctors advised against it.
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Sport: Serena Williams played through injury to beat Daniela Hantuchova in grass-court drama.
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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 Wednesday.
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Serena Williams's game failed her and Justine Henin rose to the occasion in the most anticipated and potentially heated match at the French Open so far.
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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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It can&#39;t be easy for former No. 1 Serena Williams, struggling to get back into tennis shape, and seeing countrywoman Lindsay Davenport battering 0-and-1 an opponent that the younger Williams sister barely edges 7-6(3), 7-5.
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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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Serena Williams struggled before finding her game Wednesday and reached the China Open quarterfinals with Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova.
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Justine Henin and Serena Williams lined up a grudge re-match at the French Open after they hurtled into the quarter-finals on Sunday.
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World No. 1 Justine Henin overwhelms two-time U.S. Open champion Serena Williams, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, the third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal she has beaten Williams.
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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. Running for a ball she couldn't reach, the six-time Grand Slam champion slipped and planted both palms on court to brace herself. Williams shook the sting out of her hands, beckoned a ball boy to retrieve her fallen racket, then took her sweet time before facing break point. Recomposed, Williams smacked a service winner at 111 mph, an ace just as fast, and forced an error. Just like that, she held serve en route to beating 30th-seeded Tatiana Golovin 7-5, 6-4 Friday night to reach the Open's fourth round.