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| | Mar 3 2010 23:32:39
thedestroyer9 (Mod)
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5279 (60350) Aces
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| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | Serena and sister Venus Williams have continued their life-long protest against the Indian Wells tournament and have once again pulled out of the big event.
The pair claimed back in 2001 that they were booed by local fans and were the tagets of heavy racial abuse, however there is a twist this year because under the new WTA format this event is a mandatory Premier tournament - any player who declines without a legitimate excuse (usually medical with proof) will be suspended for the next two Premier events.
The solution? Serena and Venus still won't play, however have accepted the compromise to do "promotional activities" for the tournament when new stipulations were put in place to allow such circumstances. |
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| | Feb 21 2010 15:04:25
paulmurphy (Mod)
Ace Leader #2
2993 (26116) Aces
+$41 ROI:+0.2% 77%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | NEW YORK (AP)—Serena Williams has pulled out of an exhibition at Madison Square Garden because of a left leg injury.
Williams announced her withdrawal from the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup on Thursday. She'll be replaced in the four-player field by former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic.
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| | Feb 11 2010 23:50:44
thedestroyer9 (Mod)
Ace Leader #1
5279 (60350) Aces
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| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | In a major blow for tourny organisers, Serena has pulled out of her second straight tournament deciding not to play in the big Dubai event next week.
She is still suffering from the knee condition that saw her almost limp towards the Australian Open crown in January. |
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| | Feb 6 2010 10:54:06
kingy9494 (Mod)
689 (10270) Aces
+$1,827 ROI:+3.0% 68%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | PARIS (AFP) - World Number 1 Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week's Paris Indoor Open, organisers confirmed on Saturday.
Williams blamed a leg injury which she picked up on her way to victory in the Australian Open.
The American has lifted the Paris trophy twice in five appearances, winning both her titles in 1999 and 2003 against France's Amelie Mauresmo.
Former world number 1 Mauresmo will play her final tournament here before retiring from competition. |
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| | Feb 3 2010 05:03:50
paulmurphy (Mod)
Ace Leader #2
2993 (26116) Aces
+$41 ROI:+0.2% 77%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | NEW YORK (AP)—Get ready for the rematch: Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters will play each other in an exhibition at Madison Square Garden on March 1.
The semifinal at the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup will come less than six months after - and about a 10-mile drive from - their U.S. Open semifinal, which ended abruptly with Williams' outburst at a line judge.
Clijsters went on to win the tournament. Williams later was fined a record $82,500 and placed on two years of probation at Grand Slam events.
The other semifinal March 1 pits Williams's sister Venus against reigning French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
The one-day event will feature one-set semifinals and a three-set final and has $1.2 million in prize money.
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| | Jan 17 2010 02:50:23
angelamerkel (Champ)
277 (2374) Aces
-$205 ROI:-1.6% 52%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
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Serena Williams says knee is OK
By DENNIS PASSA, AP Sports Writer Jan 16, 1:07 am EST
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Serena Williams says her left knee is just fine and it won’t keep her from playing both singles and doubles at the Australian Open.
The defending champion said Saturday that although her knee bothered her for much of the Sydney International final the previous night, the injury wasn’t serious and it wasn’t the reason for her 6-3, 6-2 loss to Elena Dementieva.
“The knee is much better,” Williams said. “It was good for me to get all those matches in. So it was good.”
She said the pain, which she only described as “definitely not ligament” related, hadn’t hampered her preparation for the season’s first major.
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“Absolutely not,” she said. “If anything, it helped. I played a lot of matches in a row, back to back. I had a long three-set match. But that was good preparation for me because I do plan on playing both singles and doubles here.”
Williams said Olympic champion Dementieva played a strong match.
“I think Elena played well. She always plays me well … she played amazing,” Williams said. “It’s very comforting to know that I wasn’t at my best on that particular match. What athlete really is at 100 percent every time? Probably never.”
Williams said she canceled a practice session Saturday because she wanted some rest, and she’d be ready for her first-round match at Melbourne Park against Poland’s Urszula Radwanska on Tuesday.
“Don’t want to push it, go too far,” she said of the canceled session. “Definitely want to do the best I can obviously, but also want to pace myself. Hopefully I can play seven singles rounds and six doubles rounds.”
Urszula Radwanksa is the younger sister of Agnieszka Radwanska. Williams is the younger of the two Williams sisters on the circuit—Venus is 29, Serena 28.
“I’ve played her before at Wimbledon, so she’s a tough cookie … and she’s definitely no pushover,” Williams said of Radwanska. “She’s a younger sister, and younger sisters always want to play really hard and really tough. I know that for a fact.”
Whatever lightheartedness Williams had in her voice about sibling rivalries disappeared when she was asked about the U.S. Open last year. A profanity-laced, finger-pointing tantrum directed at a line judge in a semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters cost Williams a record fine of $82,500.
She also faces suspension from the U.S. Open if she has any serious outbursts at a major in the next two years.
Williams has spoken only briefly about the episode since arriving in Australia more than a week ago, and has let everyone know she doesn’t really want to talk about it.
So she didn’t take kindly to this question from an Australian journalist: “Last time we saw you in a Grand Slam, there was that little incident in New York. How is your anger management coming along?”
“Was it anger management, do you think?” Williams replied, obviously perturbed. “How is your writing coming along?”
When the journalist replied: “Just fine, thank you,” Williams said: “Great. Ditto, kiddo.” |
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| | Jan 16 2010 14:26:06
paulmurphy (Mod)
Ace Leader #2
2993 (26116) Aces
+$41 ROI:+0.2% 77%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | Herald Sun:
Serena Williams could come face to face this week with the US Open lineswoman she targeted with extraordinary foul-mouthed abuse.
Japanese official Shino Tsurubuchi, whose identity had been a closely guarded secret since the September controversy, will be on court at the Australian Open, which begins tomorrow.
Tsurubuchi was on duty at the Medibank International in Sydney last week, but did not operate in any of Williams's matches.
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| | Jan 16 2010 08:28:03
paulmurphy (Mod)
Ace Leader #2
2993 (26116) Aces
+$41 ROI:+0.2% 77%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | Can't be too much wrong with Serena's knee. She says she'll play both singles at doubles at the AO.
Serena: "The knee is much better. It was good for me to get all those matches in. So it was good."
She says the injury definately isn't a ligament.
Serena: "I played a lot of matches in a row, back to back. I had a long three-set match. But that was good preparation for me because I do plan on playing both singles and doubles here."
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| | Jan 16 2010 01:29:26
paulmurphy (Mod)
Ace Leader #2
2993 (26116) Aces
+$41 ROI:+0.2% 77%
| | Serena Williams (USA) |
| | Serena on Twitter today - doesn't seem like the injury is a big deal:
"Hey! I just landed in Melbourne. I'm soooooo excited to be here. I get to see my sis!! Can't wait for the games!" |
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