Williams Survives to Set Up Sharapova Clash
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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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Having maintained for days that the set lost at love to Serena Williams in the fourth round no longer took up space in her memory, Amelie Mauresmo was forced to face that reality not once, but twice in her semifinal loss to Maria Sharapova yesterday.
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Serena Williams will meet Maria Sharapova in the last four after a 6-2 6-2 win over Amelie Mauresmo.
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Serena Williams overcame problems with her serve to defeat Russia's Vera Zvonareva , 6-2, 6-3, yesterday in Beijing, advancing to the China Open final against US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova . Kuznetsova beat Wimbledon champion and Russian countrywoman Maria Sharapova , 6-2, 6-2, in the other semifinal. Williams, seeded first, is working her way back up the rankings after missing ...
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Venus Williams pummeled second seed Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-3 in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, using her power to outplay the Russian whose serving went from bad to worse.
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WTA Tour Championships, Los Angeles, Nov 5 - The war of words between Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova has been hotting up in a bout of psychological âgameswomanshipâ before todayâs final of the WTA Tour Championships.
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Serena Williams defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 7-6 to advance to play Marion Bartoli, the surprise finalist at Wimbledon.
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Amelie Mauresmo&#39;s hopes to win have failed when Serena Williams reached the final of the WTA Tour Championships with victory in the semi-finals.
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Serena Williams can't think of anything that needs changing as she tries to defend her title at the Australian Open, except maybe her color schemes.
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Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic will meet in the Australian Open final after contrasting victories in their semi-finals on Thursday.
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VENUS WILLIAMS survived a potentially difficult opening round at the $US1.3million ($1.8m) WTA event in Zurich yesterday (AEST) when she beat Croatia&#39;s Karolina Sprem 6-2 6-2.
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Serena Williams faced Amelie Mauresmo in the first semi-final of the WTA Championship on Sunday. Victory in the tournament for Mauresmo would ensure her the season-ending number one spot in the women&#39;s rankings.
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Russian Dinara &quot;Little Sis&quot; Safina led 3-1 over the former No. 1 American Wednesday before Williams found her rhythm to string together five consecutive games to survive her debut at the WTA stop in Beijing.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova had to fight off a strong challenge from Daniela Hantuchova before reaching the quarter-finals of the $1.
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Perhaps the sight of Maria Sharapova opposite her tonight will jog Serena Williams&#39; memory. Wimbledon. The final. You and Maria.
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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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Top seed Serena Williams battled her way into the China Open final yesterday, overcoming two service breaks to defeat Vera Zvonareva of Russia, 6-2, 6-3.