Makarova and Vesnina claim women's doubles gold

Elina Svitolina of Ukraine celebrates defeating Elena Vesnina of Ukraine on Day 5 of the Connecticut Open at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, USA, on Thursday. Svitolina won 6-3, 6-1. (Photo: AFP) New Haven (Connec-ticut, USA): Petra ...

  Slovak tennis star Dominika Cibulkova's ‏defeat to Elena Vesnina in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon had a silver lining. Cibulkova originally had booked her wedding for July 9 but she never imagined the possibility of it clashing with the Wimbledon women's final.     The 27-year-old didn't fancy her chances at making the final but all that changed when she upset Agnieszka Radwanska to make it to the quarters. Many wondered aloud whether she'd postpone the nuptial if she ...

Share this on WhatsApp LONDON A Champagne cork popped somewhere on Centre Court four games into Serena Williams's Wimbledon semi-final and while it was a tad premature, her 6-2 6-0 thrashing of Elena Vesnina suggested she could be celebrating ...

IMAGE: Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after beating Russia's Elena Vesnina in the women’s singles semi-finals at Wimbledon on Thursday. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Serena Williams thrashed unseeded Russian Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-0 to reach a ninth Wimbledon final on Thursday. The top seed and defending champion was totally dominant from the outset, sealing victory against the world number 50 in 49 minutes on a sunny Centre Court. She will face Germany's fourth seed ...

IMAGE: Germany's Angelique Kerber celebrates during her match against Romania's Simona Halep. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters. It would be hard to bet against the Williams sisters meeting in their first Wimbledon final since 2009, but Angelique Kerber and Elena Vesnina won't just be making up the numbers in the last four on Thursday. While unseeded Vesnina has described her semi-final against world number one Serena Williams as a dream, she is playing inspired tennis, bringing the guile ...

Carla Suarez Navarro celebrated her 28th birthday in style as she defeated Elena Vesnina to secure a spot in the US Open round of 16 on Saturday. The 11th-seeded Spaniard's 6-4, 6-3 victory over the 20th-seeded Vesnina marks the third time she has ...

USA's Serena Williams in action against Russia's Elena Vesnina at All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Wimbledon, England, on Thursday, July 7, 2016. Photo: Reuters New York, September 2 Wimbledon champions Serena Williams and Andy Murray ...

Yet while Vinci is tricky and crafty, the flatter-hitting, leaden-footed Vesnina had nothing to hurt the American, who could not have enjoyed a more emphatic passage to her ninth final at the All England Club. Like in Australia, I will try to show ...

Vesnina reached her first Grand Slam singles semi-final at the Wimbledon this year The curtains are gradually coming down on the 2016 Tennis season as only a few of the top tier tournaments are remaining. This year was a very eventful year as it ...