Venus Williams beat her younger sister Serena 7-5 6-4 to win her fifth Wimbledon trophy and seventh Grand Slam title in a dramatic final. Williams, who successfully defended the title for the second time in her career to claim her third Wimbledon trophy in four years, said she had mixed feelings about the victory.
“My first [...]

Twice former champion Serena Williams took one step closer to another Wimbledon final against her sister Venus, winning through to the last four with an easy 6-4 6-0 victory over Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska. Serena, who defeated Agnieszka’s younger sister Urszula in the second round, dashed the Polish family’s Wimbledon hopes again on centre court with [...]

World number one Ana Ivanovic’s luck finally ran out at Wimbledon when she was toppled 6-1 6-4 in the third round by China’s Zheng Jie. Forty-eight hours after the Serb saved two match points against Nathalie Dechy, the second with the help of a netcord, she suffered an astonishing meltdown on Court One.
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Third seed Maria Sharapova was sensationally beaten 6-2 6-4 by fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva in the second round at Wimbledon. The 2004 champion’s game fell apart against one of the lesser lights of the powerful Russian brigade at the grasscourt grand slam and she followed men’s third seed Novak Djokovic out of the tournament early.
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American Serena Williams equalled Steffi Graf’s record of five WTA Miami titles with a 6-1 3-6 7-5 defeat of Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic. The world number eight took the first set with an imperious display of aggressive serving and ferocious groundstrokes, and appeared to be racing away with the match, leading 3-0 with a break in [...]