Venus Williams battled past fellow American Laura Granville 7-6, 6-4 to reach the Memphis International semi-finals
American Venus Williams marked her return from an abdominal injury with an impressive 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 victory over Germany's Andrea Petkovic at the Eastbourne championships on Monday.
Third seed Venus Williams booked her place in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Monday after Serbian 13th seed Ana Ivanovic retired injured in their fourth-round clash.
'We heard it was like the Hollywood of mixed doubles.'
The third seeded Russian rallied to beat the American to reach the semi-finals of the Warsaw Cup.
After a long rain delay Germany's Sabine Lisicki made quick work of Venus Williams, strolling into the second round of the Rogers Cup on Monday after routing the American 6-0 6-3.
With Serena bidding to become just the fourth woman to win all four grand slams in the same year, the US Open hype machine that already had been in top gear is now set to crank into overdrive.
The 19-year-old went down 3-6, 3-6 to Venus Williams in the quarter-finals of the Watson Water Champions Challenge.
Venus Williams beat Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-1 to book her spot in the Japan Open second round.
Venus Williams showed that, almost a year after her health scare, she has the stamina needed as she battled for two hours 23 minutes to beat Russia's Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 at the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday.
Venus Williams secured her place in the semi-finals of the WTA Championships when she completed her round-robin matches with a comprehensive 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 win over her sister Serena on Thursday. It was the first time Serena had lost a set 6-0 since the 2007 Miami final, after which she recovered to defeat Justine Henin for the title.
Venus Williams avoided another early exit with a routine win over fellow American Alison Riske at the Volvo Car Open in South Carolina while Swiss second seed Belinda Bencic was ousted by Russian qualifier Elena Vesnina.
As she did two years ago when she came in at number 14, the imposing American made a mockery of a low seeding.
Serena and Venus Williams both booked their places in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open with victories at Key Biscayne in Miami on Saturday. World number one Serena did not sparkle but still had little trouble in her 6-2, 6-3 victory over compatriot Alexa Glatch. Serena's sister Venus got off to a slow start but found her form to defeat spirited Israeli Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-3.
The French top seed beat the American 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the final of the Antwerp Diamond Games.
The world No 32 cited a left wrist injury as the reason for her withdrawal.
American sisters Serena and Venus Williams powered on towards a likely gold medal showdown with easy second-round wins in the Olympic singles.
Tournament officials said there was no heat rule in effect on Friday for the first time in three days, with cloud cover expected to bring cooler temperatures.
Defending champions Serena and Venus Williams defeated Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 to win the Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday, maintaining the partnership's perfect record in grand slam finals.
Venus Williams survived a scare before beating Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki while Virginie Razzano got the better of Italian Flavia Pennetta in the semi-finals of the Japan Open.
The former world number one beat Japan's Akiko Morigami 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Memphis International.
Madison Keys continued to ride her wave of success, fuelled in part by celebratory chocolate biscuits, as she advanced to her first Grand Slam semi-final with a gutsy 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Venus Williams on Wednesday.
Defending champion Venus Williams eased into the third round of the Dubai Championships on Tuesday with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Germany's Sabine Lisicki. Top seed Caroline Wozniacki had to recover from 1-5 and save a set point to defeat Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 7-6 while second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova received a walkover when Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues withdrew with a back injury.
Images from Day 2 of the 2023 US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.
Five-times champion and second seed Venus Williams was stunned 6-2, 6-3 by Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on Tuesday.
She beat sixth seed Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the Luxembourg Championship on Wednesday.
While Venus has been doing pretty well on-court, the 37-year-old is busy with some off-court chores and it reads - online shopping for the newborn.
China's Li Na defeated a battling Venus Williams 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 to reach the final of the Cincinnati Open on Saturday after an enthralling two-hour nine minutes encounter.
The Williams sisters Serena and Venus fell by the wayside in the fourth round at Wimbledon on Monday. Defending champion Serena was beaten 6-3, 7-6 by Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli while five-time champion Venus was outplayed by Bulgaria's Tsvetsana Pironkova 6-2, 6-3.
Ekaterina Makarova, who upset an injured Serena Williams in the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open, completed a Melbourne Park sweep of the Williams sisters by eliminating Venus 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round on Monday.
Third seed Venus Williams's return to Canada ended in a shock 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 second-round defeat by Ukrainian qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko at the Toronto Cup on Tuesday.
France's Marion Bartoli upset American Venus Williams 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win the Stanford Classic on Sunday.
Flavia Pennetta stunned Venus Williams with an impressive 6-4, 7-6 win to reach the Bangkok Open final.
Third seed Venus Williams found herself on the brink of defeat before rediscovering her touch to beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 and reach the third round of the French Open on Thursday. The American, who saved a match-point in the 10th game of the decider, will next face Hungary's Agnes Szavay, seeded 29th.
According to reports, the couple married at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans with select few.
Fourth seed Venus Williams retired from her Australian Open third round match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic with injury on Friday after lasting just seven points.
Nadia Petrova lost 6-3, 6-3 to Italy's Mara Santangelo in the second round of the Warsaw Cup.
