Serena plays doubles for charity - 2007-12-05
Serena Williams and fellow tennis players James Blake, Mardy Fish and Tatiana Golovin will take part in a mixed doubles championship in Norfolk to benefit cancer research. The AnthemLIVE! event is set to start 7 p.m. on December 6 at the Ted Constant Center. Hitmaker Gloria Gaynor and "American Idol" alum Elliott Yamin will play a gig during the fundraiser.
Serena reaches Stuttgartâs quarterfinals - 2007-10-04
Serena Williams beat qualifier Julia Vakulenko 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday, reaching the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix. After the game, the world number seven said, "I got upset, I went a little crazy". "I felt I should have done better. But it's important to stay positive," she added. Serena, who is back to the court for her first time since 1999, will face the world number two Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won teenager Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 6-7.
Serena and Venus win at US Open in a emotive ceremony - 2007-08-29
Serena and Venus Williams achieved their first-round of emotional matches at the US Open last Monday (August 27) after a ceremony in honor of Althea Gibson, the first black Grand Slam champion, and other African-American women. Serena, who won her eight Slam crown at January's Australian Open, beat Germany's Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-5. And Venus, who got her sixth Slam title last month at Wimbledon, defeat Hungarian Kira Nagy 6-2, 6-1. Talking about Gibson, who won the first Slam title by a black player in 1956, Serena explains, "If it wasn't for her, it's hard to believe I would even be out here."
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