Despite her win, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams found it hard to dominate Andrea Hlavackova at the Auckland Classic.
Due to radar guns, which measure service speeds, not being deployed, Venus Williams won’t be able to better her fastest serve world record.
Former number one Kim Clijsters has ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match.
Andy Roddick has proven that even though his 30th birthday approaches and his body has succumbed to injury after injury, his serve is still deadly.
Venus Williams on Friday also pulled out of the French Open, resulting in the first Grand Slam tournament since 2003 without either Williams sister.
Three-time champion Venus Williams came back from a break down in the last two sets to avoid a major first-round surprise on Tuesday against a Russian teenager playing her first match at Wimbledon. In men’s play, second-seeded Rafael Nadal and former champion Lleyton Hewitt were among the winners.
Venus Williams was one of only seven players to complete a match on Monday at the French Open, with rain again causing havoc on the schedule. It was the second straight day of rain at the French Open, and three delays throughout the day forced organisers to postpone 58 matches.
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/ 30 January 2007
United States tennis captain Zina Garrison announced on Monday that Venus Williams, who missed the Australian Open with a left wrist injury, will play in the first round of the Fed Cup on April 21-22 at the Delray Beach Stadium and Tennis Centre.
Venus Williams did plenty to beat herself, and 15-year-old Sesil Karatantcheva took care of the rest. The young Bulgarian upset an erratic Williams 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 on Friday in the third round of the French Open. Lindsay Davenport survived her toughest test yet and beat unseeded Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Venus Williams ended her sister Serena’s three-year reign at Key Biscayne on Tuesday with a 6-1, 7-6 (10/8) quarterfinal victory in the WTA Tour tier-one event.
It was the 13th meeting between the sisters and their first since Serena’s triumph in the 2003 Wimbledon final. Venus now trails in their career head-to-head 7-6.