Serena sees off stubborn Vaidisova
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Champion Serena Williams applied the pressure when she need to and withstood a tough fourth-round challenge from Nicole Vaidisova on Sunday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.
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Serena Williams continued her inconsistent play but rolled into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 7-5 6-2 victory over Italian Maria Elena Camerin on Wednesday.
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Serena Williams sports a bizarre outfit as she beats Sandra Kleinova in New York.
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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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Eighth seed Serena Williams takes on 10th seed Dinara Safina in the fourth round at the French Open.
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Trailing by 5-2 in the first set yesterday against Daniela Hantuchova, Serena Williams received a second wind from a crowd at the U.S. Open and outlasted Hantuchova, 7-5, 6-3.
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Unseeded teenager Nicole Vaidisova defeated American Laura Granville 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Vancouver Open on Sunday.
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Serena Williams sees off  Lindsay Lee-Waters in round two of the US Open.
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Justine Henin rallied to defeat Nicole Vaidisova yesterday, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, and advanced to the final of the Zurich Open today. The top-ranked Henin will play Tatiana Golovin, who defeated Francesca Schiavone, 6-0, 6-4, in the other semifinal.The 15th-ranked Vaidisova did not succumb easily.Henin dropped a set for only the second time since losing in the semifinals at Wimbledon. She also lost a set against Golovin before defeating her in a final in Germany earlier this month.Henin, a winner of 19 consecutive matches, has captured eight titles in 12 tournaments this season.In the final set, Henin broke to lead, 3-2. She converted the first of two break points by drilling a forehand to the baseline that Vaidisova could not return. Trailing by 5-3, Vaidisova saved two match points to hold serve. She then broke the next game.Henin had saved two break points, but she smashed a lazy lob into the net. The following point, Henin angrily threw her racket to the ground after hitting a backhand shot well wide.Henin finally broke for good the next game, putting Vaidisova on the defensive and ending the match with a forehand winner.
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Serena Williams shrugged off the searing heat and beat second-ranked Amelie Mauresmo, 6-2, 6-2, today to set up a semifinal showdown against Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open.
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Sport: Serena Williams played through injury to beat Daniela Hantuchova in grass-court drama.
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Serena Williams insists she is under no pressure as she begins the defence of her Australian Open title.
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Serena Williams squeaked into this week's WTA Championships, but she'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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Serena Williams demonstrated that her shaky knee is holding up fine, sweeping past Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 yesterday to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open.
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Dinara Safina will find herself in the firing line when she faces Serena Williams in the fourth round of the French Open on Sunday.
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Serena Williams saves three match points before beating Maria Sharapova to reach the Australian Open final.
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Serena Williams, tiring of the critics who suggested that she and her sister Venus were done, uses her convincing Australian Open win to show she never left.