Monday, May 31, 2010
Serena Williams of the U.S. reacts during her match at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris
Friday, May 28, 2010
Is it splitsville for Serena Williams Common?
London, May 26 (IANS) Rapper Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr and tennis ace Serena Williams have called off their two-year-old relationship, according to a US report.
Nypost.com quoted a source as saying, the two "just grew apart".
Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr, a.k.a Common claimed earlier this month that he wanted to get married and have kids with Serena.
"I definitely want to get married. I would love to get married and have kids," said Common.
Serena Williams speeds through French Open win over Julia Görges
Serena Williams gave herself plenty of recovery time for the third round of the French Open by racing through today's postponed clash with Germany's Julia Görges.
Williams's second-round meeting with Görges fell victim to the weather yesterday, but today's outing in glorious sunshine proved little more than a practice match, the 28-year-old American spending just 55 minutes on Suzanne Lenglen Court as she triumphed 6-1, 6-1.
Williams, who because of the delay will miss out on a day's rest before she plays either the 29th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova or Jill Craybas tomorrow, could not have wished for a more straightforward first set. Unlike during her opening win over Stefanie Vögele, she was almost never troubled, breaking Görges to love in game four before securing a double-break at the third attempt two games later.
Facing Williams for the first time, world No77 Görges's serve disintegrated at the start of the second set, the 21-year-old double-faulting four times to gift the American a double break. She ended a nine-game losing streak by saving break point in game five but she was just delaying the inevitable, dropping serve again to Williams, who has only once failed to reach the last 32 of a grand slam.
Serena Williams Nadal swiftly advance in Paris
Serena, Nadal swiftly advance in Paris
PARIS -- Serena Williams waited a day to play, then won before lunch Friday at the French Open.
Rafael Nadal also went to work early and clocked out quickly.
With almost mistake-free tennis, the top-ranked Williams won nine consecutive games and advanced to the third round by beating Julia Goerges 6-1, 6-1.
Four-time champion Nadal lost serve only once and beat Horacio Zeballos 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
A schedule backlog caused by rain forced Nadal and Williams to wait until the sixth day of the tournament for their second-round matches. They took the court on a sunny, cool morning and engaged in brisk workouts.
Williams won in 55 minutes. Nadal took 1 hour, 45 minutes and has lost only 13 games through two rounds.
Four-time champion Justine Henin needed only four games to advance. In the completion of a suspended match, she beat Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-3. Play was stopped Thursday because of darkness with Henin leading 3-2 in the second set.
Competing at Roland Garros for the first time since 2007 following a retirement, Henin extended her French Open winning streaks to 23 matches and 39 sets.
Williams, bidding for her first title at Roland Garros since 2002, played aggressively and still committed only four unforced errors to 20 for Goerges. Williams often moved two steps inside the baseline to smack returns, and she won 15 of 19 points on Goerges' weak second serves.
Williams held every service game and sprinted forward several times to finish off points with swinging volleys.
The 12-time Grand Slam champion has won 41 consecutive second-round matches in major tournaments since losing in that round in her Grand Slam debut in 1998 to her sister Venus.
Nadal won with steady play from the baseline, committing only 12 unforced errors, and he also won 16 points at the net.
Seeded second, Nadal improved to 33-1 at Roland Garros, with his lone loss a fourth-round upset against Robin Soderling in 2009. He is 17-0 on clay this year.
No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez lost 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 to unseeded Alexandr Dolgopolov Jr. of Ukraine, playing in his first Grand Slam tournament. No. 9 David Ferrer, led 6-2, 6-2, 2-0 when Xavier Malisse retired. No. 19 Nicolas Almagro and No. 31 Victor Hansecu won in straight sets.
In women's play, Russian qualifier Anastasia Pivovarova, ranked 187th, upset No. 25-seeded Zheng Jie of China 6-4, 6-3. Unseeded American Jill Craybas lost to No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-1.
Andy Murray's second-round match took two days to complete and was interrupted again after resuming Thursday, but he was pleased to beat the darkness and Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2.
"Rain delays -- I've not really had many in my career," Murray said. "It was a good experience for me, one I could have dealt with maybe a little bit better."
His match was suspended Wednesday night at 3-all in the second set and, following a 4½-hour delay before play began Thursday, Murray started slowly. He found himself down a break in the third set before rallying.
"I just felt a little bit tense at the start," he said. "Then I actually felt fine as soon as I went behind. That's a bit strange, but that's how it was. I started to play a lot better as soon as I got broken in the third set."
Rain made a mess of the schedule Thursday, but the only significant upset was No. 13 Gael Monfils' 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 9-7 loss to Fabio Fognini. The match had been suspended because of darkness Wednesday at 5-all in the fifth set.
Three seeded women lost: No. 8 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 21 Vera Zvonareva and No. 32 Kateryna Bondarenko.
Ana Ivanovic hit another low in her slide since winning the French Open two years ago, losing in the second round to No. 28 Alisa Kleybanova 6-3, 6-0.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Serena Williams French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris
Monday, May 17, 2010
Serena Williams pose with trophies their Argentinian Gisela Dulko and Italian Flavia Pennetta in their womens doubles final
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Serena Williams knocked out of Madrid Masters
Serena Williams knocked out of Madrid Masters
Petrova, who has won 19 doubles titles, yesterday frustrated Williams into making 41 errors by hitting accurately from the baseline. The 16th—seeded Petrova served 10 aces to advance to the quarterfinals.
Williams had looked out of form in a marathon match against Vera Dushevina on Tuesday, which lasted 3 hours, 26 minutes. It was the longest match of her career.
Last year, Williams was beaten in the opening round in her first appearance at the Madrid Masters.
"I wasn't moving my fastest but all I could do was try and do the best. I don't know. I definitely wasn't at my best," said Williams, who criticised the tournament for its scheduling. "This isn't a player—favourite tournament, just to be honest. None of the players are really gung—ho about playing here."
Nadal advances
Second—seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round with a 6—4 6—3 win against Ukrainian qualifier Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr.
Nadal broke early to take control of the first set, although Dolgopolov pressured the Spaniard's serve in the second with some blistering ground strokes.
A superb forehand down the line by Nadal gave him a breakpoint which he converted to go 4—3 up in the second.
Dolgopolov saved a match point serving at 5—3 down but Nadal still broke to close out the match.
Nadal was in the Madrid Masters on the back of tournament wins in Monte Carlo and Rome. The 2005 champion and 2009 finalist is hoping to extend the record for ATP World Tour 1000 titles of 17 he shares with Andre Agassi.
At 21, the 62—ranked Dolgopolov is the youngest player in the ATP top 100.
"He is very unusual and very difficult to play against.
He is very fast with his shots and he has a fast serve too," said Nadal.
"It was an important victory for me because for a moment the match wasn't under control."
Earlier, fifth—seeded Andy Roddick withdrew from the tournament before his second—round match against Feliciano Lopez due to illness. Lopez instead played and beat Spanish countryman Oscar Hernandez, who failed to qualify.
"In the end it's positive not having to play against Roddick, although I was looking forward to playing him, it would have been a fun match. But now I just have to be happy to be in the next round," said Lopez.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Serena Williams against Russian Vera Dushevina during a Madrid Masters
Monday, May 10, 2010
Serena Williams greets Jelena Jankovic at Italian Open tennis tournament
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Serena Williams at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Serena Williams match at the Italian Open tennis tournament
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