Serena Williams reigns on court, but Maria Sharapova has the e...

APSerena Williams, left, and Venus Williams clasp hands as they compete against Sorana Cirstea and Simona Halep of Romania in women's doubles at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Don't slam the ...

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Serena Williams won her second French Open earlier this month, and celebrated by relaxing on the beaches of Miami over the weekend. The tennis champion defeated Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 to earn her sixteenth Grand Slam titles. She last won the ...

A new film lifts the lid on the meteoric rise to power of Venus and Serena Williams, says Philip Sherwell.

Serena and Venus Williams will kick off the Rogers Cup with a doubles exhibition against Monica Seles and Eugenie Bouchard of Canada. The match will be played on Centre Court at Rexall Centre on August 5 on the opening night of the week-long WTA ...

SERENA Williams has extra motivation to win her 17th grand slam singles title at Wimbledon. And if that comes to pass, she would equal Roger Federer's record. The American reached 16 with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Maria Sharapova in the French Open ...

The next time we see them competing, at Wimbledon in two weeks, Nadal will be merely a serious contender, while Williams will be the unquestioned favourite.

Serena Williams's love affair with winning tennis tournaments, and Paris, began 14 years ago and the American's passion for both remains intense after winning the French Open on Saturday. The 31-year-old claimed the first of her 52 singles titles in the Paris indoor tournament in 1999 and has since gone on to become one of the greatest players of all time. Her 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Maria Sharapova on Saturday secured a second French Open crown -- 11 years after her first -- and took her Grand Slam ...

Berlin Serena Williams extended her lead in the women's tennis rankings with her weekend French Open title, while dethroned Maria Sharapova dropped from the second to third in the latest WTA list issued on Monday. The American Williams has 13,615 ...