Spaniard Garbine Muguruza upset Venus Williams in the 2017 British Open finals to win her second ever career Grand Slam trophy.
Muguruza beat the elder Williams sister 7-5, 6-0 at Wimbledon to take the title home after just an hour and 17 minutes of play.
American tennis star Venus Williams has been sued by the wife of an aged man who recently died after being involved in a car accident caused by Venus.
The man, 78, and his wife were in a car which crashed into Venus’ car at an intersection.
Serena Williams beat sister Venus 6-4, 6-4 in the final of Australian Open to set a new Open era record of 23 Grand Slam championships.
On the cusp of history and facing her sister in a final for the first time since 2009, Serena was not imperious but did just enough to clinch the trophy.
Four-time gold medallist, Venus Williams yesterday crashed out of the Olympic tennis tournament in Rio, losing to Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) in a three-hour centre court marathon.
“She had been ill for a few days with a bad virus. She had an upset stomach and she was coughing up a lot, you could see she was really struggling” said US captain Mary Jo Fernandez, who faced the media in William’s place.
It must be difficult being Serena’s Williams sister. The best tennis player in the world does one thing and one thing only, that is winning.
And as Venus found out for the umpteenth time on Tuesday, it doesn’t matter who is on the other side of the net. And especially being an older sister, there should be days where she must feel so enthused looking at her sister’s success.
Serena Williams overcame sister Venus in a topsy-turvy affair Tuesday night at Flushing Meadows.
Serena emerged victorious in three sets, winning 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, as Venus threatened to put the brakes on Serena’s plan to win the Calendar grand slam.
Venus and Serena Williams would lock horns in the quarter finals of the US Open on Tuesday as they both battle to win 2015′ s final grand slam.
Serena is on a relentless march for the calendar slam, a feat which has not been achieved since Steffi Graff did it in 1988. Venus, who has significantly slowed down in the past decade, would be hoping to win her first singles grand slam since the 2008 British Open.
Serena Williams has done it all.
The 21 time grand slam champion sizzles on the cover of the August issue of the New York Magazine, talking about several issues but especially concerning her life after tennis.
