Venus Williams News

PARIS (AP) _ Venus Williams was knocked out of the French Open on Friday, losing to fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the third round. Williams, who reached the final at Roland Garros in 2002 but missed the last two Grand Slam tournaments because of injuries, also lost to Jankovic in the third round at Wimbledon last year. ``I got a little bit tired at the end,'' Williams said. ``It's tough on clay.'' Top-ranked Roger Federer had ...

PARIS (AP) _ Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the French Open by beating French teenager Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-3 Monday on a damp court after another long rain delay. Williams, who lost to sister Serena in the 2002 final at Roland Garros, survived a pair of breaks in the first set and another in the second on centre court. ``I had some chances to really take the match, but she always came back,'' said ...

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) _ The match included 25 double faults, one on a second serve that landed wide of the doubles alley. There were 91 unforced errors and 13 service breaks, resulting in 2{ hours of fitful tennis before a stadium crowd that groaned at the mishits and missed chances. Maybe one match every 20 months between Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams is enough. The two Grand Slam champions ...

Venus Williams insists she never committed to play against men in a 2001 ``Battle of the Sexes'' event, and such a splashy exhibition did not interest her. ``That wasn't my thing,'' she testified Tuesday in a breach-of-contract lawsuit. ``I'm a professional women's tennis player. I want to play serious tennis.'' Williams spent a second day on the witness stand in a lawsuit brought by promoters Carol Clarke and Keith Rhodes. ...

Tennis star Venus Williams said her father was never her manager and had no authority to enter her into an agreement for a 2001 ``Battle of the Sexes'' event in testimony Monday for a breach-of-contract case. ``My dad was my coach. My dad was my dad. My dad supported me all my life, but he was not my manager,'' Venus Williams told jurors. Promoters Carol Clarke and Keith Rhodes, owners ...

The father of Venus and Serena Williams testified Monday that he never served as their manager and had no authority to commit the tennis stars to play in a 2001 ``Battle of the Sexes'' match. Richard Williams and his daughters are accused of reneging on a deal to play in the event, costing promoters millions of dollars and prompting a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the family. ``I was never Venus and ...

Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams reneged on a deal to play in a 2001 ``Battle of the Sexes'' match, costing the promoters millions of dollars, a lawyer claimed Friday during opening statements in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the sisters and their father. ``This case is about the sanctity of a contract, a case about men and women giving their word,'' said John Romano, lawyer for promoters Carol Clarke and ...

A second trial over breach-of-contract allegations against tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams is scheduled to begin Friday. The first ended in a mistrial in December after more than two weeks of testimony. Promoters Carol Clarke and Keith Rhodes, owners of the company CCKR, allege in their lawsuit that Richard Williams, the stars' father, committed his daughters to play in a 2001 Battle of the Sexes match and that they ...

Venus Williams was upset by Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-0 Thursday at the Fortis Championships, losing in her second match back after missing nearly three months with a wrist injury. The 95th-ranked Radwanska of Poland will take on top-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia in the quarter-finals. The 54th-ranked Williams beat Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday in her first match since Wimbledon. In other matches, Nathalie Dechy defeated second-seeded Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-3 ...

Venus Williams defeated Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the second round of the Fortis Championships. The 54th-ranked Williams overcame problems with her serve to beat the 15th-ranked Ivanovic in 71 minutes. Williams will play Agnieszka Radwanska, who defeated Mara Santangelo 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-3 in a match that lasted 2 hours, 26 minutes. Third-seeded Patty Schnyder defeated Chanda Rubin 6-0, 6-3, and Katarina Srebotnik defeated Maria Elena Camerin ...