VENUS NARROWLY AVOIDS UPSET
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Venus Williams barely kept alive her hopes of qualifying for next week&#39;s WTA Tour Championships. Williams, seeded fifth, survived a third-set tiebreaker to outlast Yuilana Fedak of the Ukraine, 6-4 2-6 7-6
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Defending champion Serena Williams and world number one Justine Henin safely negotiated the Australian Open first round Monday, as third seed Jelena Jankovic narrowly avoided a major upset.
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Venus Williams suffered a recurrence   of her left wrist injury as she was beaten 6-3 6-0 by   17-year-old Polish qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska in the second   round of the Luxembourg Championship on Thursday.
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Venus Williams offers some fashion advice after making a slew of errors in a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Greece's Eleni Daniilidou in the first round of the Australian Open.
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Wimbledon champion Venus Williams crushed her Chinese opponent Peng Shuai in straight sets here Thursday, showing she is in prime form ahead of the Australian Open.
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When Venus Williams is healthy, she's still one of the top players in women's tennis. Like her sister, though, Williams has had plenty of problems with injuries, and the bum left wrist that's sidelined her since Wimbledon is forcing her to skip the U.S. Open.
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Venus Williams avenged her controversial  exit from this year's Wimbledon tournament with a 6-2, 6-2,  victory over Croatia's Karolina Sprem at the Zurich Challenge  Tuesday.
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American eighth seed Venus Williams bludgeoned her way to victory in a slugfest with India's Sania Mirza to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open Saturday.
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American Venus Williams eased into  the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-3, 6-1 win over  Chinese amateur Peng Shuai Thursday.
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Venus Williams strode into the semi-finals of Wimbledon on Thursday while tournament organizers cast anxious glances to the sky.
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Former world number one Venus Williams overcame a stuttering start to beat teenage French wildcard Alize Cornet 6-4 6-3 to reach the second round of the French Open on Monday.
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NEW YORK The rivalry match at the United States Open fizzled, but the mismatch sizzled. After Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-4, in a match that was ho-hum until the last game, Nadia Petrova
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Venus Williams surged into the Wimbledon semi-finals on Thursday with a 6-3 6-4 victory over fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova ousted Venus Williams in the quarterfinals of the Swisscom Challenge Friday, 6-3, 6-4. The high-profile match featured plenty of unforced errors
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American eighth seed Venus Williams advanced to the Australian Open second round Tuesday with a 6-2, 7-5 win over China's Yan Zi.
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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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Despite an ailing shoulder, Maria Sharapova advanced to the second round of the French Open, and American Venus Williams overcame a difficult second set to move on to the third round.