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Williams Sisters' Mom Tastes Tweet & Sour of Twitter

By Greg CouchFeb 3rd 2011 – 4:32PM

Oracene Price, mother of Venus and Serena Williams, has not tweeted in six days. I wanted to make sure I was the first to report that news. It is clear she's embarrassed and angry by what she had tweeted before the women's final of the Australian Open. If you missed the little storm she created last week on Twitter, she...

If Williams Sisters Are Left Out of Olympics, Expect Ugly Situation

By Greg CouchJan 28th 2011 – 8:00AM

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Serena Williams wins Wimbledon and then the U.S. Open. She is on a roll, dominating tennis again. And then, with the Olympics coming, she says she wishes she could play for the U.S., but is being kept out. The U.S. picks Melanie Oudin instead. I'm imagining a future here, a very possible future....

Serena Williams to Drop Out of Top 10; Venus Out of Top 5

By Hal SpivackJan 24th 2011 – 4:59PM

The year hasn't started off well for the Williams sisters, and there doesn't seem to be much light at the end of the tunnel for the injured pair. The dominant sisters, who have won 12 Grand Slam doubles titles together, are both projected to have their WTA rankings plummet following the Australian Open. The younger...

Venus in Wonderland Proves Fashion Fault

By Greg CouchJan 19th 2011 – 3:00PM

It's called benefit of the doubt. That's what I'm trying to give Venus Williams with the dresses she keeps designing and wearing in tennis tournaments. Any artist uses a canvas to reveal and represent something. "This was kind of a way,'' Williams said Wednesday after she won her second-round match in the Australian Open,...

Venus Williams Overcomes Groin Injury at Australian Open to Advance

By Hal SpivackJan 19th 2011 – 3:25AM

Against all odds, Venus Williams overcame a serious groin injury and defeated 97th-ranked Sandra Zahlavova 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-4 to advance into the third round at the Australian Open on Wednesday. The second-round match took three hours to complete. The fourth-seeded Williams suffered the injury defending set point in the...

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Venus Williams Rallies At Key Biscayne For Win Over Aleksandra Wozniak (VIDEO)

By The Huffington Post News Editors Mar 26th 2012 - 07:40AM

Weary winner Venus Williams stood near the net swatting souvenir balls to cheering fans, but a marathon match had taken its toll, and one of her attempts didn't even reach the stands.

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  • 05/31/12 Serena's Rules the Court No More Source: The Daily Beast The once unyielding Serena Williams suffered a stunning defeat on the red clay tennis courts of Roland Garros in Paris this past Tuesday, losing in the first round of the French Open to the country's own Virginie Razzano.
  • 05/31/12 Roland Garros Preview Day 6 Source: WTA Tour Third round matches in the top half of the draw get underway on Friday, with high-flying Agnieszka Radwanska 's clash against former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova the pick of the action.
  • 05/31/12 Venus follows sister out of French Open after loss to... Source: The Japan Times Used to be that Venus Williams was the one who was highly ranked, the one considered a title contender, the one who would dominate foes so thoroughly that matches would be tidily wrapped up in an hour.
  • 05/31/12 French Open 2012: Caroline Wozniacki, Li Na and Petra... Source: Telegraph - London - UK Wimbledon champion Kvitova, who only dropped three games in her opening win over Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty, needed 70 minutes to set up a clash with Russia's Nina Bratchikova.
  • 05/31/12 Tennis: Williams sisters out; Azarenka, Djokovic cruise Source: SaukValley.com Used to be that Venus Williams was the one who would dominate foes so thoroughly that matches would be tidily wrapped up in an hour.

Background on Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980), is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No.

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