Serena Williams Savors Role as an Underdog
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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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Serena Williams moved a step closer to salvaging her season with a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Amelie Mauresmo in the WTA Championships on Sunday.
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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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Champion Serena Williams withstood a tough fourth-round challenge from Nicole Vaidisova to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday.
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Serena Williams was all about show at the beginning of this US Open. Dress in what some would consider an outrageous manner. Tweak the tennis establishment.
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Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport both know how it feels to be on top of the tennis world, winning Grand Slam titles and being ranked No. 1. They also know the frustrations of injuries and inconsistency; Davenport even spoke seriously about retiring last season.
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Former champion Serena Williams hammered Patty Schnyder 6-4 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open on Sunday and then said she was surprised to have the crowd on her side.
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Serena Williams served notice that her shaky knee is holding up just fine, sweeping past Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open.
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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.
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Serena Williams and Andy Roddick  produced some powerful tennis at the U.S. Open Sunday as their  title challenges gained strength.
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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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He is a sizable underdog in Saturday night&#39;s heavyweight title fight, and it&#39;s no mystery why. Danny Williams, by all accounts, is taking a major step up in class.
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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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MELBOURNE, Australia  - A defiant Serena Williams  surged into the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday  before lashing out at critics who have suggested the Williams  sisters are past their best.
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The parallels between Andre Agassi and Serena Williams can be drawn from their splashy arrivals through the commonality of their career nadirs.
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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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Serena Williams once again found a way to dodge apparent defeat and emerge the winner in the semifinals in Melbourne.