Venus Williams News

Charleston, S.C. A - Venus Williams, former World No. 1 and 2004 Family Circle Cup Champion, has officially entered the 2012 Charleston event.A Williams joins World No.

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Venus Williams has entered the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, which will be held March 31-April 8. Charleston is the first event that Williams has officially entered since the 2011 U.S. Open, although it is believed that she was also automatically entered in the WTA Premier Mandatory Miami tournament, which is played the last two weeks of March.

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

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.

United States beats Belarus 5-0 at Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; Japan beat Slovenia 5-0 at Hyogo, Japan; Slovak Republic beats France 3-2 at Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Australia beats Switzerland 4-1 at Fribourg, Switzerland Europe/Africa at Eilat, Israel, hard - Great Britain and Sweden advance to 2012 World Group II playoffs; Estonia and ... (more)

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.

Williams is scheduled to play Azarenka in the opening match Sunday, but it may not happen because of the back injury that forced the Australian Open champion to withdraw earlier Saturday.

It isn't all football and quarterback sacks for area sports fans this weekend. At the DCU Center, it's about footwork and killer serves.

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.

WORCESTER: Recovery never comes fast enough for Venus Williams, who plans to return this weekend in the Fed Cup against Belarus after a five-month layoff caused by an autoimmune disease that can cause fatigue and joint pain.

Any of the semifinalists could have become the top-ranked player if they had managed to do the feat that 's reign as the No.1. I looked up the number of active players who have been ranked No.1. Surprisingly, the number of women in this short list is quite high - eight in fact.

Venus Williams, left, listens to a reporter's question during a Fed Cup tennis news conference in Worcester, Mass., Wednesday, Feb.

Serena Williams said her sister Venus has been training every day and will be ready for the Fed Cup matches against Belarus - her first competitive tennis since she pulled out of the U.S. Open because of an autoimmune disease.

Above, from left, Americans Christina McHale, Serena Williams and team captain Mary Joe Fernandez answer questions yesterday.

The sisters are teammates on the U.S. team that will face Belarus and new world No.

For the new Australian Open champion and world No1 a medal from her homeland is the first sign that her life is about to change Victoria Azarenka holds the trophy indicating she is the No1 player in the women's game after her Australian Open victory over Maria Sharapova.

World No. 4 Maria Sharapova has long been known for her on-court shrieks and the Russian has recently attracted criticism as a result.

LONDON: Wimbledon champion Venus Williams stands in the way of Russia and a third consecutive Fed Cup final this weekend when a weakened US team venture into Moscow's Olympic Stadium to play the defending champions.

Five-time Grand Slam winner Martina Hingis has some advice for Caroline Wozniacki on how to handle the game's power hitters: Don't let them push you around.