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Venus Williams Puts The Smack Down on China's Peng Shuai

Thursday, January 3, 2008

American Venus Williams crushed her Chinese opponent Peng Shuai in straight sets here Thursday, showing she is in prime form ahead of the Australian Open.

Despite not having played a competitive game since October, the American world number eight was able to outmanoeuvre Peng at every turn in her opening game at the JB Group Classic tournament, triumphing 6-1, 6-2.

Peng, ranked 45 in the world, was unable to match Williams' athleticism and power with any consistency, crumbling to a 64-minute defeat.

Williams said she was delighted with her performance, despite the self-imposed long lay-off, during which time she graduated from design college.

"I haven't been out there in a long time, and I had to fight for every point," she told reporters after the match.

"But I felt like all the things I have practised really paid off," she added.

The fifth and sixth games of the match proved crucial, as the six-time Grand Slam singles champion started to crank up her powerful serve and lethal backhand.

Peng was up 40-15 in the fifth on her own serve, but was unable to make the lead pay as Williams, 27, ran her round the court with some line-hugging backhands, forcing an error on the last point to take a 4-1 lead.

In the next game, Peng fought back from a 40-0 deficit to take it to deuce, but Williams was able to up her game again, piling pressure on the Chinese 21-year-old and forcing her to push a backhand long.

Venus will now face either Elena Dementieva, after the Russian outfought Serbian Ana Ivanovic in the closest game of the tournament so far.

Source - Turkish Press

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USA Into Hopman Cup Final On Friday

Session 9 of the Hyundai Hopman Cup XX was all about Americans Mardy Fish and Serena Williams. Both played great tennis today, all of which was televised on The Tennis Channel. Serena and Mardy have already qualified for the the final on Friday.

First up was Serena Williams and Alicia Molik. Serena played an aggressive first set to an error prone Alicia Molik who couldn't seem to get her timing together. Molik pulled herself together considerably in the second set and gave Serena a real run for her money, but it was Serena who came out on top. At the end of a tie-breaker Molik was defeated 6-2, 7-6 (9/7).



Next up was Mardy Fish and Peter Luczak. Mardy Fish's serve was definitely on, and that was the big edge that he had over Luczak who brought a lot of game to the court today. Luczak made some fabulous crosscourt winners giving the Australian crowd some hope. But it was short lived. At the end of a riveting tie-break, Mardy Fish defeated Luczak 7-6 (7/5), 7-6(12/10).



In the last match of mixed doubles, Serena and Mardy were all over Molik and Luczak. There were several really great volleys at the net between the two teams, but at no time were Serena and Mardy ever really threatened. They defeated the duo 6-2, 6-3.


Earlier in the day Serena relaxed and took in the sites at the Perth Zoo.



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Wordless Wednesday: "It's Time!"

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

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Happy 2008 Everyone!! Go Forth and Prosper!

Monday, December 31, 2007


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USA 3, Czech Republic Goose Egg in Session 5 of Hopman Cup









Session 5 - USA 3 defeating Czech Republic 0

  • Serena Williams d Lucie Safarova 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 (Time: 111 minutes, Umpire: Alison Lang)
  • Williams/Fish d Safarova/Berdych 6-0 retired
  • Mardy Fish d Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-0 walkover

Lucie Safarova has been unwell for a couple of days and Tomas Berdych pulled up with a stomach virus overnight, forcing the mixed doubles to be played before the men’s singles in order to give him the best chance of recovering.

The world No. 14 managed to make it onto court for the doubles, but Berdych was clearly hampered by his illness as Serena Williams and Mardy Fish took the first set 6-0.

Berdych then decided he could not continue, giving the Americans a 3-0 win for the tie.

The United States are now ideally placed to make its ninth final and the chance at a fifth win at the Hyundai Hopman Cup when it plays Australia on Thursday.

The 112-minute battle with Serena wasn’t what Safarova would have hoped for if she was not feeling well, but she took it right up to the world No. 7 and current Australian Open champion.

Serena made an amazing start after missing her opening match on Saturday and being in Perth just a day before taking on Safarova. However, no jetlag problems were evident as she blew Safarova off the court to take the opening set 6-0.

Safarova isn’t ranked 23 in the world by chance, though, and she fought back tremendously to take the second 6-2 and force a third and deciding set.

While the first two sets were lopsided either way, the decider was a real fight. Safarova broke first to go to a 4-2 lead, but Serena broke back straight away to take it to 4-4.

Serena then showed that she is in tremendous shape and form by breaking Safarova to go up 6-5, then held serve to win the gruelling tussle.

Fish and Williams were well on top in the only set of the doubles, with Berdych in particular struggling with his fitness.

Source -- Hopman Cup Official Site

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USA Wins at Hopman Cup

Sunday, December 30, 2007

In her usual down-to-the-wire style, Serena Williams pulls out another win for the USA at Hopman Cup.





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Hopman Cup: Serena Williams In Play

Serena Williams and Lucie Safarova are currently representing the USA and the Czech Republic in this year's Hopman Cup. The ladies are current playing in the fifth session and tied at one set each. The first set went to Serena Williams who demolished Safarova 6-0. Safarova obviously awakened and found her game, defeating Serena 6-2. They are currently in the third on serve with Safarova leading 2-1 as of 9:52 p.m. eastern time.

Serena Williams arrived late, but arrival of Grand Slam queen Serena Williams at Perth’s Hyundai Hopman Cup has enabled the USA to go into their clash with the Czech Republic with added confidence.

The last match of 2007 sees the world No. 7 take on rising star Lucie Safarova, who has halved her ranking to 23 in the year since she made her Hyundai Hopman Cup debut.

The USA is seeded No. 2 for this year’s event, behind hot favourites Serbia and goes into the match with one victory to their credit, helped by substitute American Meghann Shaughnessy, who paired with Mardy Fish to beat India on Saturday.

Williams, a winner of the Hyundai Hopman Cup with James Blake five years ago, arrived in Perth overnight and had a hit on the practice court on Sunday afternoon after the long flight from Florida.

She has assured Tournament Director Paul McNamee that she had shrugged off a brief illness and her combination with Fish – who played extremely well in his 6-2, 6-4 win over India’s Rohan Bopanna in the opening match.

The third seeded Czechs were upset by Australia on Saturday night, when Alicia Molik and debutant Peter Luczak combined brilliantly in the doubles to down Safarova and her boyfriend, the 14th ranked Tomas Berdych.

The Czechs conceded that they need to do a little work on their doubles, having not won a rubber at last summer’s Hyundai Hopman Cup, with Berdych admitting it wasn’t his strong point.

“I didn’t help Lucie enough to win today,” he said. “I think the male partner needs to do more in the mixed, but that’s not my style, especially when we play normal tennis. I have to improve.”

Berdych, a winner of three singles titles on the men’s Tour, has secured his place in the upper echelons of world rankings, but has his sights set on a top-10 spot in the coming 2008 year.

His American opponent, Fish, has spent another year recovering from injury, this time damaging ankle ligaments in a friendly burst of grid iron.

However, he finished the year ranked at 39 and a strong showing against Berdych will boost his confidence for the year ahead.

The session begins at 10:30am on Monday.

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Manic Monday: "Key"



Single-session tickets for all 22 sessions of the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open will go on sale beginning at 9 a.m. on January 2. Fans can purchase tickets by calling the Sony Ericsson Open Ticket Office at (305) 442-3367 or by going online at www.sonyericssonopen.com.

The 24th Sony Ericsson Open is scheduled for March 26-April 6 and will feature the top 96 men and women tennis players in the world. The tournament will once again be held at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park located on beautiful Key Biscayne.

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