Venus ousted as Europeans dominate
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Europe tightened its stranglehold on this year's Australian Open when America's sole survivor in the women's singles, Venus Williams, was blasted out of the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
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Venus Williams, fighting to qualify for the season-ending WTA Championships, ousted Lisa Raymond in the first round of the Advanta Championships.
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Having entered Wimbledon as the 23rd seed after a couple of injury-plagued seasons, Venus Williams became the lowest seed to win the womenâs title.
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Venus Williams needed a third-set tiebreaker to defeat 87th-ranked Yuliana Fedak, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) in the second round of the Advanta Tennis Championships on Thursday night.
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Venus Williams was forced to come from behind in both sets before beating Frenchwoman Camille Pin 7-5 6-4 in the Australian Open second round on Thursday.
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Venus Williams lost to Alicia Molik of Australia 7-5, 7-6 (3) Monday in the fourth round of the Australian Open, keeping her from joining sister Serena in the quarterfinals.
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Venus Williams defeated Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the second round of the Fortis Championships.
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ATHENS, Greece - Andy Roddick hit one last errant shot into the net and hung his head, his medal hopes over. A short while later, Venus Williams was gone, too...
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus Williams reached the Wimbledon final for the sixth time, dominating yet another player ranked in the top 10.
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Venus Williams reached the second round of the Swisscom Challenge with a 6-2, 6-2 victory Tuesday over Karolina Sprem, who upset her in the second round at Wimbledon.
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MOSCOW -- Venus Williams defeated Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday in her first match since losing in the fourth round at last month&#39;s US Open.
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The Stars and Stripes still fluttered at Roland Garros on Friday but only one American was left standing in the French Open singles after Serb Jelena Jankovic sent Venus Williams packing.
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Venus Williams suffered a recurrence   of her left wrist injury as she was beaten 6-3 6-0 by   17-year-old Polish qualifier Agnieszka Radwanska in the second   round of the Luxembourg Championship on Thursday.
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Serena Williams defeated Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-4 to open Sundayâs action and Venus Williams, three hours later, crushed the French Open finalist, Ana Ivanovic, 6-4, 6-2.
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Maria Sharapova reaches the Zurich semi-finals with victory over Venus Williams.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova needed just more than an hour to defeat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Swisscom Challenge on Friday.
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IF EVER Venus Williams needed a wake-up call that she is losing contact with the elite of womenâs tennis, it came in yesterdayâs 6-3, 6-4 defeat to Maria Sharapova, the Wimbledon champion.