Serena Williams has been fighting knee problems and depression since losing the U.S. Open in September, when she ended her season early just short of accomplishing a calendar year Grand Slam. But on Wednesday, while eating Chinese food, she stopped a thief from swiping her iPhone in a flash.
On Friday, the number one women’s tennis player in the world Serena Williams lost in the semi-finals of the U.S. Open to Italian Roberta Vinci, who’s currently ranked 43rd.
Serena Williams, a goddess of extreme talent and beauty who blesses us with her presence on occasion when she’s not busy being pampered by a beefy Canadian rapper, had a long day on Tuesday.
On Thursday night, Serena Williams beat her sister Venus Williams 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the U.S. Open semifinals. If Serena wins the U.S Open, she will become the first player since Steffi Graff to win all four majors (Serena already completed the “Serena Slam” when she won Wimbledon earlier this year). The sisters…
Fresh off collecting her eighteenth Grand Slam, Serena Williams has graced us with this Beats by Dre commercial, in which she mostly exercises. I'm not sure whether I'm inspired to go to the gym or give up on physical fitness entirely because I will never be one-twentieth as good at anything as Serena Williams is…
Holy canoli people. Last night Serena Williams won the US Open for the third time in a row. It's her sixth overall win, her 18th Grand slam title (surpassing Roger Federer), and she's about to get a record amount of prize money for tennis athletes—to the tune of $4 million.
At the US Open Thursday evening, Anna Wintour did like she does and sat next to Hugh Jackman to cheer on Roger Federer (their boy won). Wintour also whipped out a piece of technology decidedly not befitting New York Fashion Week, which began that very same day.
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 05: Actors Jason Biggs and Rainn Wilson joke around during the exhibition doubles match against Chris Evert and Monica Seles of the United States of America on Day Eleven of the 2013 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2013 in the Flushing neighborhood of…
Watch this rebel squirrel interrupt a match between Sabine Lisicki and Vera Dushevina at the US Open. This rebel squirrel does not give a nut.
This is victory face.
Upsetting 2011 U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur, the teenager pulled a stunning win in what's only her second Grand Slam match ever.
This summer we told you the odd tale of Lois Goodman, a 70-year old tennis official that had been on her way to officiate a day of matches at the U.S. Open when police re-routed her to jail, arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning her husband to death with a coffee mug. Today, Goodman is a free woman, and has been…
Here's how Serena Williams celebrated her win a the US Open yesterday: With a scream.
Tennis fans were shocked yesterday when Venus Williams dropped out of the U.S. Open at the very last minute, after she winning her first match and being scheduled to play against Sabine Lisicki today. Williams announced that she's been diagnosed with Sjögren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that effects a person's…
Venus Williams has pulled out of the U.S. Open before her second-round match, apparently due to "an unspecified illness." Now we probably won't get to find out what she thinks about the tournament's scheduling decisions.
Serena Williams isn't too happy that she had to start her U.S. Open match at 10:30 PM last night. But the reason for her objection is a little surprising.
The people behind this billboard in Colorado Springs, CO seem to think that the best way to get folks to attend the U.S. Women's Open is with a photo of professional golfer Paula Creamer wearing pink and looking pretty –-two things she's more than allowed to do, but certainly not the only things she is able to do.
[New York, September 13: Vania King of the United States and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazikstan celebrate after defeating Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova of Russia to win the women's doubles final at the 2010 U.S. Open. Image via Getty.]
[That is certainly a shade of yellow perfect for a tennis fan, however. New York, September 7. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]
[And the last known survivor stalks her prey in the night... Oh, hi. Flushing, September 7: Ms. Williams follows through on a return against Francesca Schiavone of Italy. Williams won the match, because that's what she does. Image via Getty.]
