French Open 2015: Schiavone and Williams rise to the age-old challenge
Serena Williams has set record after record when it comes to breaking the age barrier in women’s tennis. She became the second oldest Grand Slam…
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Wimbledon women’s draw: Can anyone deny Serena a 17th Major?
While many former Grand Slam champions feature in the draw of the All England Club this year, it is a select few who have stepped…
French Open 2013: I left my serve at home, admits Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka admitted she “left her serve at home” after the third seed struggled to a 4-6 6-3 6-1 victory over home favourite Alize Cornet…
Wimbledon 2012: Schiavone’s experience is Robson’s undoing
Laura Robson, one of the youngest players in the tournament at just 18, had already celebrated one new landmark this week with her debut inside…
Petra Kvitova’s brilliant year: 2011 women’s tennis review
When it came to the women’s tour in 2011, variety was definitely the spice of life. The Grand Slams were won by four different women””three…
Williams, Schiavone and Li: the beauty of tennis maturity
In August, Roger Federer made headlines around the world by the simple act of turning 30. This week, Serena Williams managed to do just the…
US Open 2011: Serena Williams defeats Ana Ivanovic
Serena Williams booked her place in the US Open quarter-finals with a dominant display against former world No1 Ana Ivanovic on Monday. The American, seeded…
Wimbledon 2011: Ana IvanoviÄ”¡ eases into third round
Serbia’s Ana IvanoviÄ”¡ stormed into the third round of Wimbledon with 6-3 6-0 victory over Greek wild card Eleni Daniilidou. IvanoviÄ”¡, the 18th seed at…
French Open 2011: Inspired Li beats inspirational Schiavone
Despite their popularity, there were very few who expected Na Li and Francesca Schiavone to be the last women standing in Paris, even taking into…
French Open 2011: Schiavone and Li light up Paris
The French Open women’s semi-finals may not have featured the top four seeds but they still contained a bucket-load of quality, class and reputation as…
French Open: Hantuchova ends Wozniacki’s Slam hopes
It was the opening day of the third round in Paris and the first time that the seeds got to face one another in their…
French Open 2011: Wozniacki through to round three in Paris
World No1 Caroline Wozniacki eased into the third round of the French Open with a straight sets victory over Aleksandra Wozniak. The top seed overcame…
Rome Masters: Triumph for Schiavone, disaster for Federer
Thursday afternoon, and the Rome Masters saw attendance records broken again. Centre Court at the Foro Italico was the place to be. Those who didn’t…
Tennis’ stars gear up for Australian Open Series
With the first grand slam of the new season fast approaching there is still plenty of opportunity to get those bodies and tactics in peak condition
Clijsters and Wozniacki shine in Doha as Dementieva quits
The year-end tournament between the best eight women on the tour was missing some of the major players of 2010 because of injury: key amongst them the Williams sisters and Justine Henin
Williams sees off battling Schiavone in New York
enus Williams progressed into the last four at the US Open after overcoming French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 7-6 (7-5) 6-4
Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki named as top US Open seed
World No2 Caroline Wozniacki has been named as the top women’s seed at next week’s US Open in New York ahead of Thursday’s draw
Serena Williams - queen of all she surveys
Serena Williams’ next target is 18: the number of singles Slams won by Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert
Belief the key to French triumph, says Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone says one of the keys to winning her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros was self belief
Baltacha loses out in Paris - Roland Garros day 2 review
The British focus may have been on Andy Murray’s remarkable display against Richard Gasquet but there was disappointment elsewhere as Elena Baltacha’s participation at Roland…