Monday Jun 30 | Shanghai Daily
Tamarine, Zheng fly flag for Asia
SEEDED Jelena Jankovic was ousted in straight sets in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn yesterday, leaving the women's draw without its top three ranked players.
Monday Jun 30 | CBS SportsLine.com
Despite second-rate treatment, Williamses stay on course
The collision is coming. Venus against Serena. In two more matches. It doesn't matter who they play to get there.
Monday Jun 30 | Reuters UK
Venus looks to take advantage of absentees
With top seed Ana Ivanovic and former world number one Maria Sharapova suffering shock early exits, defending champion Venus Williams will be eager to take full advantage in the third round of Wimbledon on ...
Monday Jun 30 | PR-inside.com
India great Tendulkar trades turf pitch for lawn tennis
Sachin Tendulkar is discovering there are certain advantages to being injured. While his India cricket teammates faced Bangladesh in the Asian Cup on Saturday, the master batsman was a guest in the Royal Box at ...
End of the road Serena upstaged Superstitious star
Japan's Ai Sugiyama saw her 16th successive Wimbledon singles appearance end in a third round 6-4, 6-4 defeat on Saturday at the hands of Russia's Alisa Kleybanova and hinted she would not be back next year.
Eaton devoured by steely Tursunov as ace 'rifle' misfires
"Get Eaten by Eaton" read one of the memorable home-made T-shirts run up by the entourage who cheered his every point to the rafters.
The sun was moments from setting on the middle Saturday of Wimbledon, making way for the traditional day of rest, and the Centre Court stands were still packed as Rafael Nadal did his final fist pump of the ...
Justin Gimelstob still on the air after apology, donation
Justin Gimelstob will make a donation to the Women's Sports Foundation following his derogatory comments about Anna Kournikova.
Seeded players left without a clue
It seems less a tennis tournament than a curse, something out of the pages of Shakespeare.
Venus Williams advances to 4th round at Wimbledon
Defending champion Venus Williams has advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 7-5 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
Venus ends British women's challenge
For the second round in succession, defending champion Venus Williams struggled to get to grips with a British player at Wimbledon.
Suits her Maria wows in a tuxedo-style outfit.
New fashions ... left to right, Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
Williams and Nadal move through...Buick Open under way...Straka headed home...
The seventh-seeded American is the defending women's champion. WIMBLEDON, England French Open champion Rafael Nadal beat Ernests Gulbis 5-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-3 today to advance to the third round at Wimbledon.
Williams sisters and Davenport head U.S. team
Former gold medal winners Serena and Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport will front the U.S. women's tennis team for the Beijing Olympics.
Defending champion Venus Williams overcame a rash of errors and trouble with her serve to beat Britain's Anne Keothavong and advance to the third round at Wimbledon.
TENNIS Venus Williams, Nadal advance
Defending champion Venus Williams scraped through a tight first set and then pulled away for a 7-6 , 6-1 victory over British teenager Naomi Cavaday to begin her bid for a fifth Wimbledon title.
Wimbledon Championships order of play
London - Order of play on Thursday at the 22.3-million-dollar Wimbledon Championships:Centre court Venus Williams, 7, US v Anne Keothavong, Britain Andy Murray, 12, Britain v Xavier Malisse, Belgium Andy ...
Serena Williams emerges from "graveyard of champions" unscathed
Serena Williams knows the "graveyard of champions" tag for Wimbledon's No. 2 Court is given for very good reason.
Williams sisters can't vote because of their religion
Serena Williams would vote for Barack Obama if she could. Don't even ask Venus Williams what her political leanings are.
Federer warning ahead of first match
Roger Federer has warned the pretenders to his Wimbledon crown he feels as good as ever ahead of his first-round match with Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty.
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Boca's Levine whips fellow American Young
He only spent one year at the University of Florida, but Jesse Levine made a lot of friends in Gainesville.
About 20 of them will be at Wimbledon on Thursday for his second-round match against Jurgen Melzer, his second straight lefty vs. lefty match at the All England Club.
The Boca Raton 20-year-old, who buzzed through fellow American Donald Young 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 with a few anxious moments near the end, has been in touch with several former classmates who are doing a course internship in London.
Maria Sharapova made sure of her place in the second round at Wimbledon with an almost straightforward win over Stephanie Foretz.
Trouble with the birds and bees; Sugiyama's record streak
There's a buzz going around Wimbledon about the birds and the bees. Two days after having to deal with a swarm of bees that had encroached on the player locker rooms, Wimbledon organizers received a notice from ...
Nadal ready to prove his title credentials
World number two Rafael Nadal will begin his bid to end Roger Federer's five-year Wimbledon reign today when he takes on Germany's Andreas Beck on Centre Court.
Federer targets Wimbledon history
Wimbledon: Monday 23 June to Sunday 6 July Coverage: BBC TV, BBCi, Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website.
Williams aims for dream double
LONDON: Venus Williams has targeted a dream double of success at Wimbledon followed by Olympic gold in Beijing.
China's Zheng beats Dominika Cibulkova at Wimbledon
China's Zheng Jie produced the first shock of Wimbledon as she sent Slovakian 30th seed Dominika Cibulkova crashing out in the first round on Monday.
Sania Will Be Back in Action in India Again
Sania pulled out of the Bangalore Open, saying that she wanted to avoid controversies that chased her everytime she played in India.
Wimbledon feels like home turf to Venus Williams
WIMBLEDON, England -- Greetings from the 122nd Wimbledon, where we have Lindsay Davenport pushing a stroller through Wimbledon Village, 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo seeded 29th, Justine Henin bygone and Maria ...
Tennis: ATP to sign off on anti-corruption rules
WIMBLEDON, England - The Association of Tennis Professionals board is expected to rubber stamp tough new sanctions for match fixing just as Wimbledon is getting started.
Slam pretenders hoping to find feet on grass
While Roger Federer and Venus Williams set their sights again on the top prize at Wimbledon, two of their aspiring counterparts head into the grasscourt slam with less lofty aspirations.
Melbourne, Roland Garros, now for Wimbledon: Serbs aiming for third straight major
Ana Ivanovic. Jelena Jankovic. Novak Djokovic. While much was being made of the emerging talent from Serbia coming into Wimbledon 12 months ago, they all were still just the names of up-and-comers from a ...
Ivanovic working hard to repeat French triumph on grass
New world No.1 Ana Ivanovic says when she opens her Wimbledon campaign next week she faces the twin challenges of adapting to grass and regaining her focus after the joy of winning the French Open.
Venus, Serena on opposite ends of Wimbledon draw
Venus and Serena Williams, who have combined for six of the past eight Wimbledon titles, have been placed in opposite sides of the draw for this year's championship.
Stosur stumbles at semis hurdle
SAMANTHA Stosur's encouraging Wimbledon warm-up ended in a semi-final defeat to No.8 seed Nadia Petrova of Russia at the WTA's Eastbourne event.
Sania gets easy opener in Wimbledon
London, June 20: Sania Mirza was handed an easy first round against unseeded Colombian Catalino Castano in next week's Wimbledon but the going would get tough for the Indian ace thereafter as she could be up ...
Fed Draws Djokovic in Wimbledon Semis
Roger Federer may not want to look too far ahead in the Wimbledon draw. Waiting in the semifinals could be the dangerous Novak Djokovic.
Bartoli takes aim at Wimbledon
MARION Bartoli moved closer to another shot at success on grass as she reached the semi-final of the Eastbourne Championships.
Federer to open Wimbledon defence against Hrbaty
Roger Federer will begin his quest for a sixth consecutive singles title at Wimbledon with a first round match against experienced Slovak Dominik Hrbaty.
Williams sisters eager to rebound from French Open losses
The injuries and intrigue, passion for fashion, disdain for the tennis grind and insistence on go-for-broke strokes _ all in the context of a friendly sibling rivalry _ make even Mom reluctant to predict what ...
Sony Ericsson WTA Sees Net Gains in New Campaign
The Sony Ericsson World Tennis Assn. Tour this week will unveil a global campaign that is being called the biggest push in the tour's history.
Rogers Cup nets a field of dreams
Short of snaring both Williams sisters - rare outside of Grand Slam tournaments - the entry list for this year's edition of the women's Rogers Cup is about as star-studded as possible.
Billie Jean King talks about new museum, book
Billie Jean King is far from slowing down. The 64-year-old tennis great recently presided over the grand opening of her Women's Sports Center in the new Sports Museum of America in lower Manhattan.
Marion Bartoli is a doubt for Wimbledon after aggravating a wrist injury in her opening match of the DFS Classic in Birmingham.
Charles Bricker: Ivanovic boring but effective in winning French Open
She's good. She's very good. She is -- what more evidence is required? -- a Grand Slam champion at age 20.
Ivanovic won't be one-win wonder
Smiling Ana. Beautiful Ana. Take your pick. They're both appropriate for Ana Ivanovic.
Tennis: French Open: Jon Henderson blogs from Roland Garros
Nadal playing a whole new ball-game Rafael Nadal's latest destruction of Novak Djokovic continued his unprecedented dominance of one of the French Open Venus Williams and her sister Serena are the only American ...
The Williams Sisters Go Down in Paris
Serena and Venus Williams lost at the French Open today. One of those losses was surprising but the other was pretty shocking.
Tipsheet: Ozz-Fest rages on in Chicago
Ozzie Guillen hadn't drawn extra attention to himself in several days. So when his White Sox lost 4-3 at Tampa Bay, the volatile skipper publicly challenged his general manager to shake up the roster.
Petra Cetkovska congratulates Ana Ivanovic after the second seed gives her a 6-0 6-0 thrashing Flavia Pennetta is brought back down to earth after her superb win over Venus Williams as she strugggles against ...