Venus Williams News

After the field of 128 men in the qualifying draw was halved on Monday in Day 1 of Wimbledon qualifying, the women's field of 96 began play on Day 2 Tuesday on the lawns of the Bank of England Club, with the men to follow.

MOSCOW, June 19 Beaten French Open finalist Maria Sharapova heads a list of seven seeds from Russia for next week's Wimbledon championships published on Wednesday, while five-time champion Venus Williams had pulled out due to injury.

Scottish rockers THE VIEW were thrilled to land a tribute from celebrated author IRVINE WELSH on their new album after befriending the writer on tour.

After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.

Out Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of a lower back injury.

More than 200 hours of action from Mylan World TeamTennis, including over 70 hours of live coverage, will air on a combination of national and regional television networks and online this July.

After 16 consecutive years of always showing up at Wimbledon, winning five titles along the way, Venus Williams pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament Tuesday, citing a lower back injury.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says it appears the much-criticized national electronic surveillance program foiled "dozens" of terrorist plots.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of a lower back injury.

Serena Williams, left, and Venus Williams clasp hands as they compete against Sorana Cirstea and Simona Halep of Romania in women's doubles at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Serena Williams donned a bikini when she hit the beach on Saturday with a group of friends in Miami.

Each enters this year's grass-court season with five Wimbledon singles titles . They also have five Wimbledon doubles titles .

Serena and Venus Williams will kick off the Rogers Cup with a doubles exhibition against Monica Seles and Eugenie Bouchard of Canada.

Just as you begin to get a little comfortable and a little familiar with the language -- for instance, when a waiter says "Non" several times and shakes his finger repeatedly in your face, it means the requested menu item is not available -- it's time to say au revoir to Paris and the French Open.

The American, who won her first title at Roland Garros in 2002 against sister Venus Williams, out-hit Sharapova, who was looking to become the first woman since Justine Henin in 2004 to successfully defend her title in Paris.

World No. 1 Serena Williams unleashed 40 winners to just 12 unforced errors en route to an easy 6-0, 6-1 victory over Sara Errani and into the French Open final Thursday.

Williams took the crown in 2002, defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final.

Serena and Venus Williams have pulled out of doubles at the French Open before playing a match.

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Serena and Venus Williams have pulled out of doubles at the French Open before playing a match.