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AP, Rome
Venus Williams has won her opening match in the Italian Open, beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Rome
Venus and Serena Williams are interested in playing the Fed Cup final against Italy in November despite skipping the United States’ victory over the Czech...
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Charleston
Venus Williams has lost at the Family Circle Cup, falling to 63rd-ranked Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the third round. Williams, ranked No. 6, says she made errors at...
made popular Apr 16 2009
AP, Dubai
Venus Williams won her 40th singles title Saturday, defeating Virginie Razzano of France 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championship.
made popular Feb 21 2009
AP, Dubai
Venus Williams beat younger sister Serena 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (3) Friday to reach the final of the Dubai Tennis Championship. The sixth-seeded Venus dominated the first set...
made popular Feb 20 2009
AP, Dubai
Serena Williams will face big sister Venus in the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championship after both advanced with straight-set wins Thursday. The top-seeded Serena...
made popular Feb 19 2009
AP, Dubai
Serena and Venus Williams remained on track to meet in the semifinals but Jelena Jankovic was beaten in the third round of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday.
made popular Feb 18 2009
AP, Dubai
Top-seeded Serena Williams and her sister Venus moved closer to a semifinal matchup at the Dubai Tennis Championships with third-round victories Wednesday.
made popular Feb 18 2009
AP, Melbourne
Serena and Venus Williams teamed to win their eighth Grand Slam doubles title Friday in the Australian Open, a day before Serena’s bid for a 10th major singles...
made popular Jan 30 2009
AP, Melbourne
Serena and Venus Williams won their eighth Grand Slam women’s doubles title Friday, beating Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Japan’s Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3...
made popular Jan 30 2009
AP, Melbourne
Serena and Venus Williams won their eighth Grand Slam women’s doubles title Friday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Japan’s Ai...
made popular Jan 30 2009
AP, Melbourne
A streaker dashed on court while Venus and Serena Williams played doubles Friday at the Australian Open, prancing around before being arrested.
made popular Jan 23 2009
AP, Melbourne
A streaker dashed on court while Venus and Serena Williams played doubles Friday at the Australian Open, prancing around before being arrested.
made popular Jan 23 2009
AP, Melbourne
Venus Williams was knocked out of the Australian Open on Thursday, losing 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to 46th-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
made popular Jan 22 2009
AP, Melbourne
Venus Williams was knocked out of the Australian Open with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 loss to unheralded Spanish player Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round.
made popular Jan 22 2009
AP, Melbourne
Reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams is through to the second round of the Australian Open.
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, Melbourne
Venus and Serena Williams could meet in the semifinals of the Australian Open and Serena Williams could meet former champion Amelie Mauresmo in the fourth round at this...
made popular Jan 15 2009
AP, Doha
Venus Williams rallied to win the WTA’s Sony Ericsson Championships, defeating Vera Zvonareva 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 Sunday in the final of the season-ending event.
made popular Nov 9 2008
AP, Doha
Venus Williams won the WTA’s Sony Ericsson Championships by defeating Vera Zvonareva 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-2 in the final of the season-ending event.
made popular Nov 9 2008
AP, Doha
Venus Williams defeated her sister 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the WTA Tour’s season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships, a match Serena...
made popular Nov 6 2008
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How did the planet Venus evolve? There are accepted views that massive volcanism 500 million years ago covered over much of the planet’s ancient features. But...
made popular Mar 17 2006
Venus Express acquired its first remote-sensing data during its commissioning phase using Earth and the Moon as a reference. A recent check of the VIRTIS imaging...
made popular Nov 29 2005
A five-month, 220 million-mile journey to help spur a new space race, true. But, the launch was perfect. The instruments are switched on, the solar panels are deployed....
made popular Nov 10 2005
A series of researches on global warming, and their results seem to have encouraged astronomers to venture to Venus with a similar concern. The count-down is over....
made popular Nov 9 2005
With all hopes and excitement on the part of the astronauts, Venus Express is due to lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on November 9th. The Venus Express mission to...
made popular Nov 5 2005
The launch of the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft by a Soyuz-Fregat launcher, originally scheduled at Wednesday, 26 October, has been postponed...
made popular Oct 26 2005
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