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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

Five-time champion Venus Williams rallied to defeat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-7 (6), 6-3, 8-6 and reach the 3rd round at Wimbledon. Venus Williams spent much of her second round match at Wimbledon on her back foot, fending off a spirited charge from the 2nd-oldest woman ever to reach the 125-year-old tournament’s 2nd round. Ultimately, the No. [...]
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Defending champion Serena Williams, playing just her third match in 11 months, struggled past troubled Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the Wimbledon 2nd round. The four-time winner next takes on Simona Halep from Romania for a place in the last 32. Serena Williams overcame a spirited effort from Aravane Rezai to [...]
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Monday, June 20th, 2011

Venus Williams made an impressive start to her Wimbledon campaign by sweeping aside Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-1 in their first-round match on Court Two. Five-time champion Venus Williams moved to the second round of Wimbledon by beating Akgul Amanmuradova in straight sets. The American, who last week made her comeback to professional tennis at [...]
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

Kim Clijsters has withdrawn from Wimbledon 2011 because of a foot injury she suffered during a second-round loss on Tuesday at the tuneup in the Netherlands. Kim Clijsters had been installed as the No. 2 seed for the third Grand Slam of the year, which starts next Monday from the All England Club. “I’m very, [...]
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Sunday, June 12th, 2011

For more than a decade the Williams sisters viewed Wimbledon warm-up tournaments as surplus to requirements and they were right as they lifted the Rosewater Dish nine times in 11 years between them. Venus Williams says she is excited to “just be playing any first-round match anywhere” after what she describes as the toughest injury [...]