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Venus Williams has been beaten in the fourth round of the French Open, falling 6-4, 6-3 to Nadia Petrova.

After a rocky start, Veus Williams stole a number of breaks and settled in for a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Arantxa Parra Santonja.

Serena and Venus Williams are the French Open's two top-seeded women, and if it seems as if it's been a while since that was the case at a Grand Slam tournament, that's because it has.

Venus Williams has successfully defended her Dubai Championships title by beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 7-5.

Venus and Serena Williams won their fourth Australian Open women’s doubles title, beating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3.

China’s Li Na beat Venus Williams 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 in a marathon, mistake-ridden quarterfinal at the Australian Open featuring 110 unforced errors.

The Williams sisters held court at the Australian Open on Thursday, a back-to-back Venus-Serena doubleheader that left the siblings still in the mix for yet another Grand Slam singles title....

Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.

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It was the women’s match of this Wimbledon, brimming with baseline power and lunging defense, and the surprise was that Serena Williams was just one point from losing it to Elena Dementieva.

Venus Williams has reached the Wimbledon semifinals by overpowering Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 6-2.