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LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon: The rapper Drake has taken flack for appearing to be a front-runner when it comes to choosing sides in sports. So maybe it’s fitting that he’s in Serena Williams‘ corner at Wimbledon. https://instagram.com/p/4y_mK1DQGO/?taken-by=champagnepapi   Drake has been sitting in or near Williams’ guest box during her matches at […]

LONDON (AP) — Her game in high gear, history in the offing, Serena Williams is perfectly content to let everyone else talk about what a victory in the Wimbledon final would mean. A “Serena Slam” of four consecutive major titles. The third leg of a calendar-year Grand Slam. A 21st major singles trophy, one short […]

A second “Serena Slam” is looking more and more likely by the match. Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova in the Wimbledon semifinals today. Williams earned…

Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus 6-4, 6-3 during their historic and highly anticipated Wimbledon matchup. This is Serena’s fifteenth win against her sister in…

After winning her first round match at Wimbledon on Monday, Serena Williams shared her feelings about the Charleston massacre, calling the June 17 shooting of nine black worshipers by an alleged white supremacist “unspeakably sad,” and recalling how she refused to play in South Carolina while the Confederate flag flew above the state legislature. In […]

Ms. Williams shows why she's No. 1 in French Open win.

Serena Williams is a champion again. And this time she did it while facing two problems. The tennis legend put on a dominant performance to win…

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PARIS (AP) — Overcoming a mid-match lull and a third-set deficit, Serena Williams won her third French Open title and 20th major singles trophy by beating 13th-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2 on Saturday. The top-ranked Williams took the last six games and added to her championships on the red […]

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PARIS (AP) — At changeovers in her French Open semifinal, an ill Serena Williams walked ever so slowly to the sideline, where even lowering herself to sit seemed difficult. With the temperature nearing 85 degrees (30 Celsius), she pressed white towels filled with ice against her forehead and neck and guzzled water. Early on, her […]

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For the third match in a row at the French Open, Serena Williams dropped the opening set and had to hustle through two more to pull out a win. Her latest victim – fellow American Sloane Stephens. In a thrilling match between the last two American women in the draw, the No. 1-ranked and No. […]

Serena Williams thought it would be fun to study the human body between Tennis matches. Just call her Med School! When you’ve already won a…