Category: Serena Williams

Will Serena Williams Return As the No. 1 Player in 2017?

Serena Williams lost a second-round match at the ASB Classic on Wednesday, but it will only awaken the American superstar to find her form before the Australian Open draw on Jan. 13. After not playing competitive tour tennis since the U.S. Open and all but relinquishing her No. 1 ranking to Angelique Kerber, Serena is putting on her game face.

Classic a reminder of sport’s unpredictability

At the start of this week, no one could have predicted the semifinal lineup that we will have on Friday, with all four players outside the top 40. With two days of the tournament still to play, the top six seeds have gone, including Serena Williams, sister Venus and another former World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki. It’s been a mini-disaster for the organisers, who would have ideally wanted one or two of their big names to be around on Saturday.

Frustrated Serena Williams loses in second round at Auckland

Serena Williams lost her second-round match Wednesday at the ASB Classic and the 22-time Grand Slam singles champion didn’t leave quietly Frustrated Serena Williams loses in second round at Auckland Serena Williams lost her second-round match Wednesday at the ASB Classic and the 22-time Grand Slam singles champion didn’t leave quietly Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hQWIzj AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Serena Williams lost her second-round match at the ASB Classic and the 22-time Grand Slam singles champion, frustrated by swirling winds, didn’t leave quietly. “At least I can get out of these conditions,” No.

Sport24.co.za | Serena bundled out of Auckland Classic

Top seed Serena Williams suffered a shock defeat to fellow American Madison Brengle in the second round of the WTA Auckland Classic on Wednesday to bring an abrupt end to her return to the court. In her first tournament since losing in the semi-finals of the US Open four months ago, Williams was bundled out 6-4, 6-7 , 6-4 by the world number 72 in a two-hour, 13-minute arm wrestle.

Serena Williams wins opening match in Auckland

Serena Williams mixed flashes of form and occasional bouts of frustration as she ended four months on the sidelines with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Pauline Parmentier on Tuesday in the first round of the ASB Classic United States’ Serena Williams hits a forehand during her first round match against Pauline Parmentier of France at the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Jan 3, 2017. Williams won in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.

Serena shakes out rust to advance in Auckland

World number two Serena Williams shook out any cobwebs from four months away from tennis with a 6-3 6-4 victory over France’s Pauline Parmentier in the first round of the Auckland Classic on Tuesday. The 35-year-old had not played a competitive match since she lost to Karolina Pliskova in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open last September, withdrawing from all tennis to deal with a persistent shoulder injury.

Muguruza beats Stosur in 1st round at Brisbane International

French Open champion Garbine Muguruza finished off a first-round match for the first time at the Brisbane International, and extended Sam Stosur’s unhappy run in the process with a 7-5, 6-7 , 7-5 win on Monday. The fourth-seeded Muguruza saved three set points in the first and rallied from a break down in the third to finish off in 2 hours, 45 minutes on a humid afternoon.

5 of the most epic data breaches of 2016

SSNs of hundreds of thousands of U.S. taxpayers. Tax-time thieves were back at it again in 2016, using personally identifiable data stolen elsewhere to electronically file fraudulent tax returns, according to Fortune’s Jonathan Chew .