Serena needs 3 sets to oust Safina
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BEIJING -- Serena Williams and Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova both advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday.
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Double former Wimbledon champion Serena Williams claimed her place in the third round on Wednesday despite looking far from her best in a 7-6 6-3 win over Australian Alicia Molik.
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NEW YORK -- Gasping for breath after long exchanges, Serena Williams ran out of energy and shots against Amelie Mauresmo.
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NEW YORK - Third seed Serena Williams served up her best performance of the US Open to date as she beat Switzerlandâs Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals.
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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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It can&#39;t be easy for former No. 1 Serena Williams, struggling to get back into tennis shape, and seeing countrywoman Lindsay Davenport battering 0-and-1 an opponent that the younger Williams sister barely edges 7-6(3), 7-5.
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Serena Williams is robbed of a point by an umpire's mistake on her way to a three-set loss to Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals Tuesday night.
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Serena Williams reached the 19th grand slam quarter-final of her career on Sunday with a comfortable 6-2 6-3 defeat of Russian Dinara Safina.
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Serena Williams joined her Wimbledon conqueror Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the China Open with a hard-earned 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over Russian Dinara Safin.
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After another slow start, Serena Williams got her grass-court game back on track. The two-time champion rallied from 4-1 down in the first set and beat Australia's Alicia Molik 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the third round of Wimbledon on another day of rain delays at the All England Club.
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Former champion Serena Williams  blasted her way into the third round of the Australian Open  Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-0 thrashing of Dally Randriantefy of  Madagascar.
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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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NEW YORK - 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...
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Lindsay Davenport plans to get Serena  Williams out of her system at this week's Pan Pacific Open.
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Dinara Safina overcame 35 unforced errors to beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-5 in the opening center-court match at the French Open, which started on a Sunday for the first time.
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To beat Serena Williams, it takes an incredible amount of confidence, patience and skill. Tuesday night before an announced crowd of 19,932 at Arthur Ashe Stadium
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Agony: Natalie Cook vents her frustration at her injury as the Americans take control in the deciding third set. Photo: Darren Pateman.