French Open: Williams Struggles, but Survives First Round
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Only after a six-hour rain delay did Serena Williams find her composure against Tsvetana Pironkova to win, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in the first round at the French Open.
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The third-seeded Serena Williams is the first woman in the quarterfinals at the US Open. She beat Switzerland&#39;s Patty Schnyder Sunday, 6-to-4, 6-to-2.
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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 has yet to drop a set in three matches at the first week of the Australian Open. On Friday she defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6-3, 6-4.
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Venus Williams had her French Open dreams ripped apart by Jelena Jankovic on Thursday as the Serb advanced to the third round with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 victory.
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Serena Williams squeaked into this week&#39;s WTA Championships, but she&#39;s out of contention for the year-end No. 1 ranking, leaving Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo to contend for the top spot.
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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.
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The outcome was the same though it was the imperious tennis of Justine Henin everybody was talking about this time when the Belgian top seed outclassed Serena Williams at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
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Serena Williams opens her French Open campaign against Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova on Sunday.
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Sport: Tennis: World No1 remains on course for third straight French Open title after clinical win over Serena Williams.
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Eighth seed Serena Williams takes on 10th seed Dinara Safina in the fourth round at the French 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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Rafael Nadal and Jelena Jankovic earned their first appearances in the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday but it ended in misery for defending women's champion Serena Williams.
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Sport: Serena Williams hit her stride in a tough match with Alicia Molik, which ended in bizarre fashion.
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Dressed for a night on the town, Serena Williams was all business in her first match in 4 1/2 weeks. Showing little sign of her injury-induced layoff, the two-time U.S. Open champion advanced to the second round with ease, overwhelming Sandra Kleinova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3 Monday night.
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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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Williams, the tournamentâs defending champion, lost to third-seeded Jelena Jankovic.