Serena Williams News

It's been a few years since EA made a tennis game, but now they're back to continue the job they started in 2009, in a move they hope will be similar to the successful return to tennis of Justin Henin or the resurgence of Andre Aggasi in the 1990s.

Olga Govortsova has already recorded one career first in this young 2012 tennis season -- winning a match at the Australian Open.

GUILDFORD, UK. February 10, 2011 Electronic Arts Inc. announced that EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2 is available in retail stores today.

It's common to see Serena Williams , Venus Williams , Gael Monfils or Sloane Stephens playing at the Australian Open, Wimbledon or the US Open.

The Australian Open is over, but tennis continues to make news. Novak Djokovic's Laureus, Rafael Nadal's taxes, Serena Williams' Fed Cup appearance, Judy Murray's Fed Cup debut-the media beast goes right on chewing.

Maria Sharapova giggled and jumped in the snow with her Russian compatriots. Forty-one year old Kimoko Date Krumm upset Polona Hercog, ranked 42 spots above her and born 21 years after her.A Serena Williams destroyed a racket.

I know the laid-back younger Manning brother is unlikely to date Common or threaten to ram a tennis racket down a linesperson's throat, but he has more in common with the younger Williams sister than meets the eye.

USA rout Belarus 5-0 to advance to Fed Cup playoff WORCESTER: Venus Williams returned from a five-month layoff and Serena Williams and Christina McHale won singles matches Sunday, giving the United States a 5-0 thrashing of Belarus in the first round of the Fed Cup.

The United States will look to take its first step in regaining its Fed Cup World Group status for 2013 when it faces Belarus at the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round.

For Julia Boserup, winning the Del Mar Financial Partners Open represented a statement: that she can become a tennis player of consequence on any of the game's levels.

WORCESTER - Playing her fifth Fed Cup, Serena Williams may have been the veteran on the court yesterday, but Rose Hobson was in her seventh, though from a very different vantage point - the stands.

Serena Williams returns a ball to Anastasia Yakimova, of Belarus, during a first-round Fed Cup tennis match in Worcester, Mass., Sunday, Feb.

Ayumi Morita beat Slovenia's Polona Hercog 3-6, 7-6 , 6-1 on Sunday as Japan advanced to the Fed Cup World Group playoffs.

Considered one of the most polarizing players in women's tennis, it was quite obvious how the fans at the DCU Center yesterday felt about Serena Williams.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL a Utah State's Michael Smith ran for 124 yards and a touchdown to lead the North to a 24-19 victory over the South in the Players All-Star Classic on Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark.

Worcester City Manager Michael O'Brien, right, selects Victoria Azarenka's name from a bowl held by head referee Wayne McKewen to put the top-ranked Belarusian in tomorrow's first match with Christina McHale.

Both Serena and Venus Williams have been called for the United States' Fed Cup Group-II tie against Belarus in Massachusets this weekend as Serena leads the field but Venus only plays doubles.

Physically, mentally, and emotionally, Novak Djokovic proved he had it all in his epic win over Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final.A This win did more to boost his reputation and solidify the Serb's status as the best player in the world than anything he did in 2011.A He had many reasons to lose that match.A He could have gotten frustrated ... (more)

Look, we get it: Tennis players are photographed a lot. Sometimes they're bound to look ugly/churlish/chagrined/less than put together.

Victoria Azarenka, the top-ranked player in the world who won the Australian Open, hits a backhand return during a practice session at the DCU Center.