Serena Williams, Wimbledon | featured news

Seventeen months after a life-threatening blood clot in her lungs almost ended her glittering tennis career, Williams blotted out the mental and physical scars to climb back into the grand slam winner's circle by snuffing out Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 5-7 6-2.

Williams, seeking a fifth Wimbledon singles title, defeated Petra Kvitova, 6-2, 7-5, to advance to the semifinals.

During her walk to the locker room following a victory that sent her into Wimbledon’s final eight on Monday, Serena Williams was engulfed by a horde of fans who snapped photos, begged for autographs and clamored for a glimpse of the most dominant player of her generation.

Serena Williams hit 23 aces, held every service game and barely escaped an upset bid by Zheng Jie, winning 6-7 (5), 6-2, 9-7 Saturday in the third round at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic is No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time, while Serena Williams is 175th on the WTA list, her lowest spot since 1997....

Venus and Serena Williams were both eliminated in the fourth round of Wimbledon on Monday, the first time in five years that neither sister will play in the quarterfinals at the All England Club....

Returning to Grand Slam tennis after a year away with health problems, Serena Williams opened her Wimbledon title defense Tuesday by beating Aravane Rezai in three sets - then burst into tears on Centre Court....

For all the fluidity at Wimbledon in women’s singles, the tournament ended as most predicted. It concluded with Serena Williams hoisting another trophy, delivering another barrage of aces and taking another step forward among tennis’s all-time greats. It ended, 6-3, 6-2, against Vera Zvonareva on Saturday afternoon, in a little more than an hour, a victory stunning, lopsided and complete.

Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.

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It was the women’s match of this Wimbledon, brimming with baseline power and lunging defense, and the surprise was that Serena Williams was just one point from losing it to Elena Dementieva.