27 h. ago US Open live: Venus Williams beaten in doubles after shock Marketa Vondrousova withdrawal

Novak Djokovic v Taylor Fritz headlines the night session later as the US Open quarter-finals get underway

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28 h. ago US Open live: Venus Williams in doubles action after shock Marketa Vondrousova withdrawal

Novak Djokovic v Taylor Fritz headlines the night session later as the US Open quarter-finals get underway

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31 h. ago Jessica Pegula sweeps past Barbora Krejcikova and into US Open semi

American into last four after 6-3, 6-3 win over world No 62Pegula to face either Sabalenka or VondrousovaJessica Pegula continues to redraw the limits of her career in New York. The 31-year-old American swept into the last four of the US Open on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-3 dismissal of Barbora Krejcikova, becoming the first woman to reach back-to-back semi-finals here without dropping a set since Serena Williams strung together four straight runs between 2011 and 2014.It was a performance of cool authority, built less on fireworks than on persistence and precision. Pegula needed only 86 minutes to subdue her opponent, whose serve collapsed under pressure with seven double faults and a first-serve percentage barely above 40%. Where Krejcikova unravelled, Pegula stayed the course, drawing energy from a nearly full Arthur Ashe Stadium that sensed they were watching a home contender gather momentum. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago US Open live: Alcaraz v Lehecka latest score before Venus Williams in doubles action

Novak Djokovic v Taylor Fritz headlines the night session later as the US Open quarter-finals get underway

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34 h. ago US Open live: Pegula v Krejcikova latest score before Venus Williams in doubles action

Novak Djokovic v Taylor Fritz headlines the night session later as the US Open quarter-finals get underway

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51 h. ago Venus Williams calls for Serena to ‘show up’ for next US Open match as run continues

Williams called on her younger sister to make an appearance at her next match after reaching the quarter-finals with Leylah Fernandez

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3 d. ago Serena Williams goes viral with jealous reaction to her sister Venus replacing her with new doubles partner at US Open

Venus Williams, 45, has advanced to the third round of the US Open's women's doubles' tournament alongside new partner, Leylah Fernandez, in her first major foray without Serena Williams.

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8 d. ago Ulrika Jonsson criticises Serena Williams for 'forcing feminism back by several steps' after tennis player revealed recent weight

The TV presenter, 58, shared her concerns for 'impressionable young women' and said the endorsement was a 'betrayal of everything Serena has stood for.'

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8 d. ago Today's rugby news as 'time for brave Six Nations change' and Townsend tipped for shock exit

The latest headlines from Wales and around the world

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1 week ago Serena Williams makes feelings clear on Maria Sharapova as she reveals 'the truth' in public admission

The pair shared one of the sport’s fiercest and most personal rivalries, beginning when a 17-year-old Sharapova shocked Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final

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1 week ago Serena Williams’ huge net worth now as body transformation leaves her unrecognisable

The tennis icon looks a lot different to her playing days and says she feels 'sexier' as a result

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1 week ago Sharapova enters tennis Hall of Fame with surprise cameo by Serena Williams

Williams surprises Sharapova at induction23-time major winner hails fierce rivalryBryan brothers, Sharapova join 2025 classSerena Williams made a a surprise – and early – appearance at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, emerging from behind the stage to introduce “former rival, former fan and forever friend” Maria Sharapova for her induction on Saturday night.Williams, a 23-time grand slam champion who will be eligible for her own enshrinement in 2027, drew gasps and shrieks from the crowd at the Newport shrine. Continue reading...

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1 week ago KENNEDY: Shame on Serena Williams! She may be starving herself on prescription anorexia drugs. But this putrid stunt proves she's still a greedy beast

Serena Williams's latest partnership, launched with a glossy photo shoot for People magazine, is so repulsive.

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1 week ago Serena Williams built her legacy on defiance. Why lend it to Ozempic culture? | Bryan Armen Graham

From Compton outsider to American nonpareil, she came to embody resistance to toxic norms. But her embrace of GLP-1 drugs feels like capitulation to ideals she once rejectedWhen Serena Williams was featured in a People magazine story on Thursday morning discussing her 31lb weight loss, the rollout had all the hallmarks of an advertisement draped in the thin veil of an all-caps EXCLUSIVE.Vogue’s social channels amplified their own access, NBC’s Today show gave her a one-on-one segment and Elle published a carefully packaged interview in which Williams declared she wanted to break the stigma around weight-loss drugs, each of them in lockstep with what appeared to be a hard 9am press embargo. This vintage Jill Smoller quadrafecta was not a spontaneous confessional; it was a coordinated media blitz pegged to the US Open, the tentpole event of American tennis, which kicks off on Sunday in earnest. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Serena Williams makes admission over stunning body transformation

The sporting icon says she has lost 31lbs since hanging up her tennis shoes

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1 week ago Serena Williams reveals secret behind incredible weight loss and body transformation

Tennis legend Serena Williams, 43, has explained how she has managed to shed a remarkable 31 pounds over the past 18 months following the birth of her second child

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1 week ago Serena Williams feels ‘light physically and mentally’ after losing 31 pounds with weight loss medication

The 23-time Grand Slam champion admitted to using a GLP-1 medication

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2 w. ago Serena Williams tipped for shock US Open comeback by former coach

Williams’s older sister Venus made a comeback of her own last month and has been given a wildcard for the upcoming grand slam at Flushing Meadows

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