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Serena Williams from the United States receives treatment for a headache during her first round match at the Generali Ladies tennis tournament in Linz, Austria, against Russia&#39;s Alina Jidkova.
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NEW YORK -- After huffing and puffing her way through her second-round match with Daniela Hantuchova , unseeded Serena Williams looked stronger (and less out of shape) in mowing down her second straight seeded opponent in her attempt to return from the inconsistency, poor fitness, and lack of focus that have continued to plague the career of the winner of ...
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Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal lost last night. Sad for their fans? Yes (count me among them). Unexpected? Not really. Serena has appeared a step slow all tournament. Her straight sets defeat at the hands of Justine Henin may be remembered more for her post-match comments than for the scintillating points both players produced in the [...].
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Serena Williams moved into the fourth  round of the U.S. Open with an error-strewn 7-5, 6-4, defeat of  French teenager Tatiana Golovin on Friday.
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Serena Williams marched into the third round of the US Open today, beating fellow American Lindsay Lee-Waters 6-4 6-3. The third seed, who again walked on to court wearing long black boots and a jewel-encrusted
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Top seed Serena Williams was made to work hard before overcoming Dinara Safina of Russia in the second round of the inaugural China Open on Wednesday.
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Hobbled and hurting and essentially playing on one leg, Serena Williams managed to gut out a three-set victory at Wimbledon on Monday against an opponent who helped by fading right along with the daylight.
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The grumpy disposition that Serena Williams displayed after her loss to Justine Henin was a little jarring considering she had her own lack of preparation to blame for giving in so easily.
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Human error was egregious and intrusive in the final game of the third set of Serena Williams&#39; loss to Jennifer Capriati in the US Open in New York on Tuesday.
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Roger Federer teased, Lleyton Hewitt  shone and Serena Williams dazzled at the U.S. Open on  Wednesday, although the bronze medallists at the Athens  Olympics were both upset.
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Twice former U.S. Open champion Serena   Williams turned in a commanding performance to beat Lourdes   Dominguez Lino of Spain 6-1 6-2 to reach the second round on   Wednesday.
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Defending champion Serena Williams and world number one Justine Henin led a host of top names into the Australian Open second round on Monday, but Andy Murray became a high-profile casualty.
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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 struggles through the first set before a long rain delay allows her to regroup and dominate Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on the opening day of the French Open.
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PARIS -- Serena Williams's "Come on!" count was rising rapidly. Her first French Open match since 2004 hardly went according to plan at the outset yesterday, and Williams kept grimacing and admonishing herself as each shaky shot helped her 91st-ranked opponent race ahead by a set and a service break.
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NEW YORK - 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...
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FASHION plate Serena Williams revealed yesterday she was progressing through the US Open against the advice of three doctors, who were concerned her injured left knee was not ready for the rigours of a grand slam.