Venus starts slowly but advances to third round
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Twice former champion Venus Williams raised her game after some ragged early play to defeat Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru and advance into the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
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Venus Williams stayed on course for a fourth Wimbledon crown when she breathtakingly demolished Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-3 in a brutal fourth round triumph on Wednesday.
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Serbian fourth seed Ana Ivanovic produced an electrifying display to reach the Australian Open third round Thursday as fellow contenders Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova battled through.
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Venus Williams set up a clash with arch rival Lindsay Davenport after beating fellow American Chanda Rubin 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow.
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Venus Williams of the United States returns the ball to Croatia&#39;s Karolina Sprem, during their first round match, at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament in Kloten, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct.19, 2004.
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The Stars and Stripes still fluttered in Friday's sunshine but only one American player remained in the French Open singles after Venus Williams fell in the third round to Serbian fourth seed Jelena Jankovic.
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Defending gold medalist Venus Williams overpowers Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Athens Games' tennis tournament.
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Sport: Wimbledon: Venus Williams sets up fourth round tie with Maria Sharapova.
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PHILADELPHIA, United States : Venus Williams survived a third-set tiebreaker to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA Tour event here and keep her hopes of reaching the WTA Tour Championships alive.
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Fifth seed Ana Ivanovic recovered from a slow start to beat Aravane Rezai of France 6-3 6-1 and reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
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Venus Williams of the US returns a shot during a match against Elena Bovina of Russia at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow&#39;s Olympic Indoor stadium on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Venus Williams has targeted a return to the world's top 16 by the French Open.
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Venus Williams struggled to beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 Thursday in the Champions Challenge exhibition tournament.
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Three-times former champion Venus Williams survived a hair-raising third round match against Akiko Morigami of Japan on Monday, winning 6-2 3-6 7-5 but looking far from comfortable.
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Venus Williams doesn't exactly know how her injured left wrist will respond in her return to competitive tennis. She just knows it's time.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova kept  on course for a third successive WTA title on Saturday, beating  fellow Russian Elena Dementieva in the semi-finals of the  Zurich Challenge.
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Despite an ailing shoulder, Maria Sharapova advanced to the second round of the French Open, and American Venus Williams overcame a difficult second set to move on to the third round.