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Shock Of The Century; Serena “Loves” Tennis Again…

Barely over a week after she already infamously announced her dislike for tennis, Serena Williams took the most unsurprising U-Turn in the history of the world, yesterday proclaiming her “love” for the sport once again; “I just love the sport so much; I love trophies and I love hanging them up, and I love the [...]

Quotable Quotes: Serena Defends Her US Open Rant

Undoubtedly one of the most memorable moments of 2011, Serena was once again quizzed on her infamous rant at the US Open final ahead of her first match at the Brisbane International. The last time she spoke on this issue she was forced to issue an apology to Asderaki, but this time it was completely [...]

Quotable Quotes: Serena Accidently Lets Slip Her Real Reason For Skipping Asia

After her disappointing and already-infamous loss to Sam Stosur in this year’s US Open final, Serena Williams made the decision to withdraw from Tokyo, Beijing and all other remaining events in 2011 and to instead immediately turn her attention to 2012. The 30 year-old’s official excuse for withdrawing from the premier+ has a well-guarded secret, [...]

Quotable Quotes: Serena and Venus Williams Land in Colombia

After arriving in Colombia for their long-awaited return to the courts in a singles exhibition match, the Williams sisters sat down to address over one hundred national and international journalists ahead of Thursday’s matchup. Serena on getting back to number one. “I definitely see myself as at least in the top five. Obviously with me [...]

Rapper Drake Professes His Undying Love For Serena Williams

This summer, Serena Williams and Canadian rapper Drake made headlines as the rapper attended various Williams matches during her title run in Toronto, loudly cheering her on from her box. And this week, the Canadian finally sat down to address their relationship with Complex Magazine. “I really, really love and care for Serena Williams. She’s [...]

Serena Williams’ US Open outbursts: An uncharacteristic ticking timebomb?

Yesterday, history repeated itself as yet another one of Serena Williams’ US Open outings ended in outburst and shame. This year’s events certainly weren’t anywhere close to what unfolded two summers ago, and rather than being threatening, she turned into a hysterical half-crying half-ranting mess. But it was still bad, and naturally the reaction has [...]

Quotable Quotes: Sam Stosur Wins The US Open

Yesterday, Sam Stosur demolished Serena Williams 6-2 6-3 in a dramatic but routine championship to capture the very first Grand Slam of her career at Flushing Meadows. On her feelings after the match: “Yeah, I’m still kind of speechless. I can’t actually believe I won this tournament. I guess to go out there and play [...]

Quotable Quotes: Richard Williams: Caroline Wozniacki is “like a daughter to me”.

We’ve heard from Wozniacki’s twitter page about her countless rendezvous with “her friends” - the Williams sisters - and after Serena Williams’ 6-2 6-4 victory over Wozniacki, her dad Richard decided to repay some of the grovelling compliments that Wozniacki has given to his daughters over the last few years. “It was a nice fight, [...]

Players Clash With The USTA; What To Take From It.

After Tuesday’s Day and Night sessions were completely washed out, today brought similar woes as rain threatened to completely throw off the US Open’s schedule and only around 10-12 minutes of play was managed before the players were carted off-court and play was eventually suspended. In a desperate attempt to get players on-court and the [...]

Open or Closed? US Open Women’s Preview

Open. In the absense of Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters for so much of 2011, that one word sums up to a tee the first 7 months of the year. With the greatest players momentarily out of the picture, new players have risen to prominence, both confirming and exceeding expectations, going further on [...]

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