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Serena Williams experienced a terrible sequence late in her quarterfinals match with Karolina Pliskova at the Australian Open and ended up blowing a huge lead. Williams rallied back from down a set and down a break in the second to win the second set …
Tennis umpires are considering a boycott of Serena Williams matches out of fear for their jobs, according to a report. The Times of London reported that tennis umpires are feeling unsupported following the fallout from Saturday’s US Open final …
Serena Williams may be right: a male player might get away with some things that a female player would not. Regardless of gender, the behavior she displayed during the US Open finals on Saturday merited penalties, and Williams should have known that …
Patrick Mouratoglou admitted to coaching Serena Williams during the finals of the US Open, but he says it’s no different from what any other coach does. Mouratoglou was interviewed by ESPN’s Pam Shriver after Williams lost the US Open …
Serena Williams was furious with chair umpire Carlos Ramos after being assessed a penalty point and later game during the second set of her match against Naomi Osaka in the US Open finals on Saturday. Williams smashed her racquet after being broken …
Serena Williams told off the chair umpire during her match against Naomi Osaka in the finals of the US Open on Saturday. Williams received a coaching violation during the second game of the second set after being given a hand signal from a member of …
Serena Williams may be 36 and have responsibilities as a mother and wife, but that does not mean she’s leaving tour any time soon. Williams beat Anastasija Sevastova 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals of the US Open on Thursday. The victory helped her …
The French Open was the subject of criticism this week after seemingly taking shots at Serena Williams over her outfit and singling her out as a reason for the tournament’s new dress code, but Williams herself says there’s no problem. …
Serena Williams opened up in a social media post on Monday about some of the struggles she is enduring in her personal life. Last week, Williams lost to Johanna Konta 6-1, 6-0 for the worst defeat of her career. She subsequently withdrew from the …
Serena Williams may have lost the Wimbledon final on Saturday, but it’s safe to say she had the respect of everyone watching. That includes Jelena Djokovic, wife of Novak, who gave birth just one day after Williams did ten months ago. …
Serena Williams has been facing more random drug tests this year than other American tennis players, and her camp is not happy about it. Deadspin wrote about some of the drug testing Williams has faced this year and pointed out how much greater the …
Serena Williams is probably used to fielding strange and sometimes awkward questions at press conferences, but Saturday brought one that was awkward and uncomfortable even by her standards. Williams was confronted by a question about whether she was …
Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg was at the center of a controversy on Saturday after he received backlash for his description of an exchange Serena Williams had with a different reporter on Thursday at Indian Wells. Williams on Thursday made her …
Serena Williams is on maternity leave from the WTA Tour, which has opened things up for new players to emerge in her absence. But if you think that just because she’s not around and other women are taking the spotlight that she would be …
According to reports, Serena Williams is officially a mother. The tennis star and her fiance, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, welcomed a baby girl on Friday, according to WPBF-25 news producer Chris Shepherd. NEW: Tennis star Serena Williams gives …
Despite the fact that Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams have both been at the top of women’s tennis for over a decade, the head-to-head rivalry between the two is embarrassingly lopsided. Sharapova has beaten Williams just twice in 21 career …
