Posts Tagged venus
September 3, 2008 at 12:00
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 2008, Dinara, Jankovic, Jelena, QF, Safina, Serena, Us Open, venus, Williams
Serena Williams, it took her blood, tears, splits and guts to push Venus Williams aside to win the US Open 2008 QF. The match didn’t start out well for Serena, by already falling behind and not being able to break Venus’s game. When she did, she went on to even it, but was again, trailing behind in the tie-breaker, which she eventually won.
Second set, same scenario, but Serena was able to defeat Venus in almost 3 hours. What a stunning match it was. Serena now has an easier draw to win her 3rd US Open title.
Next she’ll be playing Dinara Safina in the quarters and probably Jelena Jankovic in the finals.
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August 17, 2008 at 14:01
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 2008, Beijing, Doubles, Gold, Olympics, Serena, venus, Williams
Yep they made my week a lot better by winning this one ! Well done girls !!!
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August 16, 2008 at 16:26
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 16, August, Beijing, Doubles, Event, Final, Olympics, Serena, Tennis, venus, Williams
4 6 6 Williams/Williams
6 4 1 Bondarenko/Bondarenko
USA UKR
Aces: 7 1
Double Faults: 10 5
First Serve: 58 % 68 %
1st serve pts won: 77 % 51 %
2nd serve pts won: 46 % 62 %
Break pts won: 26 % 30 %
The USA, will at least have another silver medal, and probably will have a gold one. So Sweet !
After dropping the first set by 64, Serena and Venus kept the pressure high and went on to take the next set by 6-4. In the tird set it seemed that the tone was set, a high pace from the Williams’ side, resulting into a breezy 6-1.
[2] Serena Williams/Venus Williams d. [6] Alona Bondarenko/Kataryna Bondarenko 46 64 61
Stats are here.
In the final they will play, China or Spain. I’m not gonna write their names yet. Too much work.
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August 15, 2008 at 15:57
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 2008, 2nd, Ai, Ayumi, Beijing, Doubles, Event, Morita, Olympics, round, Serena, Sisters, Sugiyama, Tennis, venus, Williams, Win
The Williams sisters got safely through to the quarters of the Olympics Tennis Doubles Event. Luckily, Now I have something left to watch at, or the Beijing 2008 Olympics would be even worse than the Athens 2004.
Both having lost in the quarters of the single’s event, didn’t seem to be bothered much, and just went straight onto the doubles, to win the first set by 75. In the second set, they pushed and sealed the higher pace-tempo and won it with 62.
S. Williams/V. Williams d. A. Morita/A. Sugiyama 75 62 in 1h13. Stats are here.
Next they will be facing a Russian Roulette, lol, Vera Zvonareva/Elena Vesnina. The match will be played last on Show Court 2, probably within the next 30 minutes.
C’mon Team Williams !
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August 14, 2008 at 17:58
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 14, 2008, August, Beijing, Event, Li, Na, Olympics, QF, Tennis, venus, Williams
Venus Williams also lost her singles QF at the Olympics Tennis Event. Li Na playing a brilliant match, and yes, also helped by the worst tennis-crowd in history, which clearly don’t have respect for any player, by cheering while the points are still being played.
However it wasn’t Na li’s fault, she was playing great, and so was Venus, although, she couldn’t keep up her high level for long, by mixing superb winners with stupid errors.
Na Li d. Venus Williams 75 75 in 2h06.
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August 13, 2008 at 16:59
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 14, 2008, Ai, August, Ayumi, Beijing, Dementieva, Doubles, Elena, Event, Li, Morita, Na, Olympics, QF, Serena, Singles, Sugiyama, Tennis, venus, Williams
1) SC 1, 1st match, +/- 18h00 [GMT+08 Beijing]
[4] Serena Williams vs [5] Elena Dementieva
4 – 1
2) CC, 2nd match, +/- 18:00 [GMT+08 Beijing]
[7] Venus Williams vs Na Li
0 – 0
3) SC2, 4th match, 21:00 [GMT+08 Beijing]
[2] Serena Williams/Venus Williams vs Ayumi Morita/Ai Sugiyama
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August 13, 2008 at 14:30
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 13, 2008, 3rd, August, Azarenka, Beijing, Li, Na, Olympics, QF, round, Tennis, venus, Victoria, Williams
Venus Williams, had no problem what-so-ever to dispatch Victoria Azarenka. She took the match 63 62 in 1h10. Earning her the QF place, 2 matches left from an eventual all Williams-Sisters-Olympics-Final.
[7] Venus Williams d. [12] Victoria Azarenka 63 62
Find the detailed match stats here.
Venus Williams will next face, Na Li.
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August 12, 2008 at 20:00
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 13, 2008, 4, Alizé, August, Azarenka, Beijing, Cornet, day, Event, Olympics, Serena, Tennis, venus, Victoria, Williams
1] 3rd match, CC, +/- 19:00 [GMT+08 Beijing]
[4] Serena Williams vs [15] Alizé Cornet
1 – 0
2] 2nd match, SC 2, +/- 18:00 [GMT+08 Beijing]
[7] Venus Williams vs [12] Victoria Azarenka
0 – 0
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August 12, 2008 at 16:00
· Filed under Sports ·Tagged 12, 2008, August, Beijing, benesova, Event, iveta, nicole, Olympics, Serena, Tennis, vaidisova, venus, Williams
After dropping the first set by 6-4 against N.Vaidisova/I.Benesova, Serena and Venus were struggling, especially Venus who couldn’t get her serve right, causing them to fall behind to 1-3. However they broke back and held, to eventually get to 5-4, but they were broken back to 5-all. They eventually won that set by 7-5.
The 3rd and final set, was an easy breeze compared to the first 2 sets, they were in control of the entire set, by only giving away one game. They won the match by 4-6 7-5 6-1 in 2h12.
Next they will face Japan or Hungary, the team still needs to be determinded…
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