Serena Williams - report

American tennis player (born 1981)

Serena Jameka Williams is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She won 23 Grand Slam women's singles titles, the most in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time. She is the only player to accomplish a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.

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Serena Williams lost 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović. The 40-year-old had hinted before the tournament that she would retire after this tournament. Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans will fly the British flag in singles.
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Serena and Venus Williams lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 to Czechs Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. Match was the first opening-round doubles contest ever to begin a night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Top-seeded Iga Swiatek drilled American Sloan Stephens 6-3, 6-2.
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Serena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 at the US Open. The 23-time Grand Slam champion entered the tournament ranked 605th. Williams advances to a third-round meeting on Friday against Ajla Tomljanović.
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World No.605 won only her second match since last year’s French Open. Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Harriet Dart also reach round two. Defending champion Daniil Medvedev eases past Stefan Kozlov. Stefanos Tsitsipas loses to Daniel Elahi Galan.
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Serena Williams lost 6-4, 6-0 to U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu. It is the first time in 10 appearances that Williams has lost in her first main. Williams, 40, plans to retire after the US Open, which starts on 29 August.
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Serena Williams beat Nuria Parrizas-Diaz 6-4, 6-3 at the National Bank Open. It was her first singles match on the WTA Tour in 430 days. Williams next faces 12th seed Belinda Bencic or Tereza Martincova. The 40-year-old announced her retirement from tennis on Tuesday.
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Serena Williams says she is "evolving away from tennis" The U.S. Open starting this month could be her swansong. Williams announced the news in a Vogue articled published on Tuesday.
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American stunned by French debutant Harmony Tan in a late-night Centre Court epic. Tan ripped up the script for 7-5 1-6 7-6(7) win. Williams wore two pieces of black tape on her right cheek.
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Serena Williams will be a wild-card entry in the women's singles draw at Wimbledon. The All England Club announced Tuesday that Williams is one of six female players awarded entry as a wild card. Williams hasn't played since withdrawing in the first round of last year’s Wimbledon after slipping and injuring her ankle.