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Results Saturday from Wimbledon at The All England Club : Singles Women Championship Serena Williams , United States, def.

So what has Venus just told her sister to make her look so grumpy? Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images First set: V Williams 1-1 S Williams* Serena starts with an ace, the follows it up with a great point, moving Venus from side to side three times.

Wimbledon is winding down, but several Grand Slam champions will bring their grass-court games State-side next month.

Within every ball player there seems to be a little kid waiting to bust out. The way Todd Martin sees it, his inner kid has unfinished business before he hangs up the cleats on a stellar international softball career.

The Ross School unveiled its brand new tennis center in East Hampton with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the facility's first annual Pro Am Tennis Tournament on Saturday.

Tennis hits the Hamptons tomorrow as Todd Martin, Jim Grabb and former French Open doubles champions Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen headline the Ross School's inaugural pro-am tennis tournament from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Ross School Tennis Center located at 18 Goodfriend Drive in East Hampton, New York.

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Roger Federer has matched Pete Sampras with 14 Grand Slam titles. Somewhere an old-time tennis fan is worked up over this whole Roger Federer versus Pete Sampras debate: "Let me tell you, neither of those guys compares to Don Budge!" the fan is screaming.

ROCKLAND : The Rockland Public Library's Summer Reading Club activities begin Saturday, June 20 at 10:30 a.m. in the Children's Room with MacDougal School Principal Todd Martin reading his favorite stories to the children.

Well, he's the best, the greatest, the champion of all time, the legend. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

Thursday evening the annual kick-off cocktail party was held at the Fairfield Glade Conference Center.

KISD/TODD MARTIN Luis Rosado III, a top academic student in the Killeen Independent School District fire and emergency medical technician academies, celebrates Saturday after completing the programs.

Todd Martin and Randy Wachtel perform a scene from "BoomTown," opening tonight at the Gaslight-Baker Theatre in Lockhart.

It started with a preposterous question: Can anyone beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open? It turned into a question for the ages: Was Nadal better on Roland Garros' clay from 2005-2008 than Roger Federer was on the Wimbledon grass from 2003-2007? Four tennis experts were quick to answer the first question and a lot slower to answer the second.

We do a "Rewind" edition just before each slam. Rob wrote the first one for the 2009 French Open.

For 24 years, Paul Torricelli was the face of men's tennis at Northwestern. Today, he will become the third Wildcats face to be inducted into the ITA Men's Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, joining Paul Bennett and Clare Riessen .

Photo by Todd Martini Phillip Condor is the new girls' basketball coach at Shelby County High School, succeeding his former boss, Sally Zimmerman .

No. 2 seed and 2003 Estoril champion Nikolay Davydenko of Russia held a 7-6 , 2-4 lead against No.

KISD/TODD MARTIN Hay Branch Elementary School students play with a robotic dog that uses artificial intelligence to play soccer during the schoola s technology-themed career day.

Alberto Montanes denied James Blake a first-ever title on European clay Sunday as he preyed upon the American's fitness to claim a 5-7, 7-6 , 6-0 title victory at the Estoril Open.