Venus and Serena Williams suffered a shock quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon on Wednesday, as the heavily-favored pair fell to unseeded Russians Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
“We were just trying to hang in there and fight for every point. It is very difficult to beat them. They are a great team,” Zvonareva explained.
Vesina [...]
Nicolas Mahut will donate the shirt and racket he donned during his epic first-round battle with John Isner at Wimbledon. The Frenchman, who lost 68-70 in the fifth set, will have both put on display at the International Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.
Mahut is scheduled to compete in next week’s Hall of Fame [...]
Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis enjoyed a successful “return” to competition at the All England Lawn Tennis Club Tuesday evening, as the pair- once dubbed “The Spice Girls of tennis”- celebrated a 6-2, 6-4 victory in Ladies’ Invitation Doubles.
In addition to the constant droning of the Vuvuzela, the 2010 World Cup will also be remembered as the tournament of horrid calls. FIFA has had a long-standing policy that on-field officiating is final. This isn’t the NFL or tennis. There is no Hawk Eye and there is no instant replay…and 4 [...]
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams suffered a shock-upset to unheralded Tsvetana Pironkova on Tuesday, 2-6, 3-6. The second seed gifted 29 unforced errors, en route to her earliest loss at the All England Lawn Tennis Club since 2006.
Wimbledon lost another marquee player Tuesday afternoon, as reigning US Open champion Kim Clijsters succumbed to Vera Zvonareva [...]
Family members have confirmed to TMZ that tennis star Jennifer Capriati is “recuperating at a South Florida hospital from an accidental overdose of medication prescribed to (Jen) by her personal physicians.”
The website originally broke the story that the former World No. 1 was rushed to a Florida medical facility after paramedics were called to the [...]
Brazil reached the World Cup final eight on Monday, as they thoroughly outplayed opponent Chile for 90 minutes. The top-ranked team recorded a 3-0 victory, with scores from Juan, Luis Fabiano and Robinho. Brazil faces the Netherlands, who took out Slovakia 2-1, on Friday.
Argentina downed Mexico 3-1 over the weekend, aided by some sparkling play [...]
There will be no Federer vs. Roddick redux at Wimbledon this year, as the latter exited the round of 16 Monday evening. Mr. Brooklyn Decker The fifth-seeded American, a three-time finalist at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, fell to unlikely conqueror Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan, 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 9-7.
The 26-year-old Lu, who dedicated [...]
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With all of the scintillating match-ups at Wimbledon, 5-time champion Venus Williams was shuffled to court No. 2. Unfortunately for the American, Wimbledon officials forgot to come and escort her to her match.
Finally tired of waiting, Venus ventured off to court 2 by herself – about 7 minutes late. The usually polite London [...]