Serena Williams News

LOS ANGELES: Serbia's Jelena Jankovic moved closer to grabbing the world number one ranking from compatriot Ana Ivanovic on Thursday by beating Hungary's Melinda Czink 6-3, 6-2 at the $600,000 WTA tournament.

Top-seeded Serena Williams injured her left knee and pulled out of the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday, becoming the third singles player on the U.S. Olympic women's tennis team with a knee injury.

Top-seeded Serena Williams injured her left knee and pulled out of the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday, becoming the third singles player on the U.S. Olympic women's tennis team with a knee injury.

Serena Williams, who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and was runner-up to sister Venus Williams this month at Wimbledon, smiles as she takes a tour of Zappos.com on Wednesday.

Jelena Jankovic opened her bid to gain the No. 1 ranking with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over American Vania King in the East West Bank Classic on Wednesday night.

Frank Schleck kept the yellow jersey in the Tour de France on Tuesday, with riders pushing themselves through the Alps as the race left Italy and returned to France.

The summer hardcourt season kicked off in Stanford last week and both Top 10 players in action -- Serena Williams and Anna Chakvetadze 00 came away without the title; at Los Angeles this week they will be ...

Bethanie Mattek, who has improved her ranking almost 100 places since early April, took another step forward Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-0 victory against 11th-seeded Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic in the ...

Tiger Woods didn't miss the British Open, he lost the British Open. Venus and Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport aren't missing the East West Bank Classic, they're losing this week's tennis tournament in ...

Serena Williams turned up in Carson despite hurting her knee in Stanford last week and Patty Schnyder and Jelena Jankovic put in an appearance too.

Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nadia Petrova moved into the second round of the East West Bank Classic on Tuesday with her first hardcourt win since January, a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Russian countrywoman Alina ...

With top seeds Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams waiting in the wings to test their ailing knees, Samantha Stosur and Melinda Czink notched upset wins at the 600,000-dollar WTA hardcourt tournament here.

Palo Alto Online News Photo It was truly a David and Goliath story in the semifinals of the 38th annual Bank of the West Classic at Stanford's Taube Family Tennis Stadium on Saturday.

Serena Williams plans to keep playing through a left knee injury despite advice from a doctor and her father that she rest with less than three weeks before the Beijing Olympics.

Perhaps the first thing tennis fans will be hit with this week in the East West Bank Classic at Home Depot Center is that Serena Williams isn't the only one who uses her stop in Los Angeles for shopping.

Second-seeded Simon stayed steady as fourth seed Querrey suffered a physical meltdown in the final set to lose 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. The notably fragile Blake opened the door to defending champion Tursunov, returning ...

Serena Williams was undefeated in four semifinals this season prior to today's meeting with 85th-ranked Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak.

Serena Williams injured her left knee and pulled out of the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday.

Serena Williams spent more time waiting for her quarterfinal match to start than she did on the court against Patty Schnyder.

Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Los Angeles Classic with tendonitis in her right knee, tournament organizers said on Friday.