Venus too good for Czech qualifier
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Former champion Venus Williams showed flashes of her old brilliance when she defeated Czech qualifier Hana Sromova 6-2 6-2 at Wimbledon on Thursday.
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Jelena Jankovic underlines her title credentials by beating former world number one Venus Williams to reach the French Open fourth round.
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Former champion Venus Williams was pushed to two tiebreakers over two hours by 16-year-old qualifier Ana Ivanovic of Serbia-Montenegro before reaching the Swisscom Challenge quarterfinals Thursday.
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Venus Williams stretches for the ball during her first round match with Lisa Raymond at the Advanta Championships Tuesday, Nov 2, 2004 in Villanova.
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus Williams reached the Wimbledon final for the sixth time, dominating yet another player ranked in the top 10.
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Venus Williams carved out a testy 6-4,  6-4 win over qualifier Alina Jidkova, while French and U.S.  Open runner-up Elena Dementieva led seven Russians into the  second round of the Kremlin Cup Tuesday.
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All the emotion Venus Williams crammed into staving off elimination against Lindsay Davenport at the U.S. Open saved the 25th edition of their rivalry from being a dud.
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Venus Williams of the US returns a shot during a match against Elena Bovina of Russia at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow&#39;s Olympic Indoor stadium on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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Venus Williams and Vera Zvonareva  registered second-round victories at the Advanta Championships  in Philadelphia Thursday to remain in the chase for places in  next week's lucrative end-of-season tournament.
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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 defeated Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the second round of the Fortis Championships.
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Fifth-seeded Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the Advanta Tennis Championships, beating local favorite Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-1 Tuesday night.
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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.
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Venus Williams dispatched her second Russian opponent in as many days to book a spot in the semifinals and Rafael Nadal won a five-set victory to advance.
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Filderstadt, Germany (Sports Network) - Former champion Mary Pierce of France and 2002 runner-up Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia were opening-round winners on Tuesday, but sixth-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva was an upset victim at the $650,000 Porsche
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Venus Williams dropped out of the WTA Tour's top 20, and Andy Roddick slid out of the ATP Tour's top 10 in Monday's rankings after both fell short of past performances at Wimbledon.
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Venus Williams will face Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the Zurich quarter-finals after surviving a testing encounter with Ana Ivanovic.