Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another opponent in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand

It has become as clear as the 2009 Wimbledon skies that there will be no Grand Slam equity in the famous Williams family when it is all sa

Serena Williams won her third Wimbledon title and first in six years by beating her older sister and defending cham

Serena Williams celebrated American Independence Day by winning her third Wimbledon title and first in six years, beating her older sister and defending champion Venu

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Factbox on American Serena Williams, who won her third Wimbledon title with a 7-6 6-2 win over her sister Venus on Saturday: * Born in Saginaw, Michigan on Septemb

She was just so good,' says Venus Serena Williams sinks to her knees in

The Williams family dream, developed more than 20 years ago on the glass-littered courts of Compton, Calif., has played out on every major championship surface

Since turning professional in 2005, Andy Murray's feats in tennis have been nothing less than

AP, New York Andre Agassi, Kim Clijsters and Michael Chang will all play in the World Team Tennis league in the United State

Serena Williams claimed her third Wimbledon singles title with a 7-6, 6-2 victory over sister Venus in the wo

So what has Venus just told her sister to make her look so grumpy? Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images First set: V Williams 1-1 S Williams* Serena starts with an ace, the follows it up with a great point, moving Venus from side to side

Serena Williams has a flair for igniting tennis fireworks in major finals so leave it to this generation's best player to transform America's birthday into her own personal rest

Reporting from Wimbledon, England - As Rafael Nadal's jolting withdrawal of Friday began to stop shaking on Saturday, the necessary Wimbledon commotion settled around two leading beneficiaries who didn't want to be known as leading be

In 1997 Venus Williams announced her arrival into the world of professional wom

Andre Agassi wanted to smack some tennis balls around this summer, so he decided to take Billie Jean King up o

Saturday, July 04, 2009 Billie Jean King Cup returns to NY NEW YORK: Four top women's tennis players will again face off in a one-night tournament at the Madison Square Garden for the Billie Je

Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters As the most dominant women players of the last decade sat side by side yesterday afternoon, smiling in the wake of their semi-final victory in the doubles, it was hard to picture them today putting sisterly affection aside to resume the most famous sibling rival

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Kim Sears , girlfriend of Andy Murray, sits a few feet to the right of Brooklyn Decker, swimsuit model and wife of Andy Roddick, as the two men played at Wimbledon in the semifinal