Lisa Raymond News

The sisters won this year The Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in addition to winning a title at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford.

Playing in their first doubles final here in 10 years, the mighty Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, came up champions Monday at the 2009 U.S. Open.

For the umpteenth time, Anastasia Myskina glared across at her coach, Jens Gerlach, as if she wanted to murder him.

The mighty Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, will play in their first U.S. Open doubles final in 10 years this weekend.

AUSTRALIAN third seeds Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs cruised into the US Open women's doubles semi-finals overnight.

Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes are heading for a showdown in the mixed doubles final at the US Open tennis tournament as they are through to the semi-finals. The two have also entered the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Flushing Meadows here Monday.

Portland's Travis Parrott teamed with Carly Gullickson of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., to defeat Marcin Matkowski and Lisa Raymond 6-2, 7-5 Monday and advance to the U.S. Open mixed doubles semifinals at Flushing Meadow.

American Vania King upset No. 15 seed Samantha Stosur 7-5, 6-4 on Wednesday. King , 20, is currently ranked just outside the top 100 in women's singles, and up until now her biggest result when going solo had been a single title in Bangkok in 2006.

A 1991 graduate of Academy of Notre Dame in Villanova, Lisa Raymond is one of the top-ranked doubles tennis players in the world and one of the most prolific doubles players in U.S. tennis history.

Spectators crowded inside Yale's indoor arena to watch the match and get out of the rain that cancelled play in the outside arena during the day.

The worry over the effects of Tropical Storm Danny started right after Jose Acasuso's straight-set victory over Florent Serra Thursday night.

He walked onto the court to a standing ovation, hardly the first time Andre Agassi has been warmly welcomed by a throng of tennis fans but one of the most enjoyable greetings he has ever received.

Turning point: Sam Warburg, crushing first serves and ripping passing shots, dominated Nathan Healey 5-2 as the Capitals defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms 23-17 in overtime Saturday night before an announced crowd of 1,692 at Allstate Stadium at the Galleria at Roseville.

BRYAN PATRICK Sacramento Bee file, 2009 CoCo Vandeweghe, 17, has won the U.S. Open junior title, like former Capitals star Lindsay Davenport, and they are both tall.

The sight of Venus Williams on the court piqued a then four-year-old Madison Keys' interest in tennis.

Venus Williams trails her sister, Serena, 6-2, in Grand Slam finals against each other, but theya ll be tied in Capital Region appearances tonight when Venus and the Philadelphia Freedoms face the New York Buzz at UAlbanya s SEFCU Arena.

Venus Williams, tall and lanky, stood out among a pack of fidgety children, all with tennis rackets by their side.

Matt Kandath helps New York Buzz in home opener - Tennis Posted on: 07/08/09 Rob Jonas, Sports Editor email: jonasr@spotlightnews.com Matt Kandath won two New York state high school singles titles and has competed at several national junior tennis tournaments.

Three days after losing the Wimbledon final, Venus Williams sported the same look - the classy white dress and white visor.

India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe went down to Mark Knowles of Bahamas and German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 5-7, 3-6 in the Wimbledon mixed doubles final here Sunday.