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Tamarine, Wozniacki set for good Wimbledon run

Sports | Tennis
2009-6-21

HOLDER Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand successfully defended her title by defeating Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Ordina Open in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, yesterday. The unseeded Tamarine, who...

Venus beats Serena for fifth title at Wimbledon

Sports | Tennis
2008-7-6

VENUS Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 yesterday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh grand slam championship. It was Venus' first win over her younger sibling in a grand slam final since the 2001...

Williams vs. Williams again

Sports | Tennis
2008-7-4

DEFENDING champion Venus Williams beat Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (3) to advance to the Wimbledon final yesterday, setting up a potential championship matchup with sister Serena. Venus Williams, a four-time Wimbledon...

Serena disputes Venus' tag

Sports | Tennis
2008-7-3

ONE prematch glance on Tuesday at the data displayed on those fancy, new digital scoreboards at staid, old Wimbledon provided a pretty persuasive case for why Venus Williams might be considered the woman to beat. ...

Tamarine rolls back the years

Sports | Tennis
2008-6-30

THAILAND'S Tamarine Tanasugarn was left to fly the flag for the 30-somethings in the women's singles on Saturday after reaching the last 16 at Wimbledon for the seventh time in her career. With Japan's 32-year-old...

Thai claims first grass title

Sports | Tennis
2008-6-22

THAI qualifier Tamarine Tanasugarn beat third-seeded Dinara Safina 7-5, 6-3 yesterday to win her first grass title at the Ordina Open in Den Bosch, Netherlands. Playing with a bandaged thigh, the Los Angeles-born...

Venus upset in Moscow

Sport | Tennis
2004-10-16

UNSEEDED Elena Bovina upset error-prone Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 yesterday to advance to the Kremlin Cup semifinals in Moscow.

Sharapova cruises into final

Sport | Tennis
2004-10-9

WIMBLEDON champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the Japan Open final in Tokyo yesterday with a convincing 6-2, 6-3 victory over Thailand鈥檚 Tamarine Tanasugarn.

Justine, Venus may meet in quarters

Sport | Tennis
2004-8-13

DEFENDING singles gold medalist Venus Williams and top-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne were drawn yesterday to face each other in the quarterfinals at the Athens Olympics.

Venus drubs Lee-Waters in Stanford

Sport | Tennis
2004-7-16

TOP-SEEDED Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Lindsay Lee-Waters in Stanford, California, on Wednesday.