Victoria Azarenka

Bethanie Mattek-Sands leads U.S. surge in Paris

2013-05-31 00:00:00

PARIS — There were moments, as recently as last year, when a body that would not stay healthy and on-court results prompted Bethanie Mattek-Sands to wonder whether it was simply time to call it a career after more than a decade as a pro tennis...

Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic win, set up a marquee semifinal

2013-06-06 00:00:00

PARIS — The ease with which Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic swept aside their quarterfinal opponents at the French Open was remarkably similar. Both men won in straight sets Wednesday, hardly challenged. Both earned 12 break points, Nadal...

Roger Federer stumbles but doesn't fall at French Open

2013-06-03 00:00:00

PARIS — Chasing a shot, Roger Federer caught his right shoe in Roland Garros' red clay, twisting that foot awkwardly and tumbling to the ground. Soon enough, he was in a real rut, in danger of his earliest exit from a Grand Slam tournament in...

Novak Djokovic embarks on French Open mission with first-round win

2013-05-28 17:43:00

PARIS — Novak Djokovic does not try to hide his ambitions. He makes perfectly clear that he wants to win a French Open title more than anything. Embarking on a bid to complete a career Grand Slam and fill the only glaring hole on his resume, the...

Roger Federer rolls at French Open, but he might face trouble ahead

2013-05-29 17:56:00

PARIS — Now things could get a little more interesting for Roger Federer. After a pair of straightforward and straight-set victories at the French Open against qualifiers ranked outside the top 150, the 17-time major champion will face a seeded...

Novak Djokovic reaches French Open quarterfinals with heavy heart

2013-06-04 00:00:00

PARIS — Less than 48 hours after learning of the death of his childhood coach, Novak Djokovic was on court at the French Open, determined to complete a career Grand Slam in honor of the woman he likened to a "second mother." Still grieving,...

Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova reach French Open final matchup

2013-06-07 00:00:00

— Done with a dominating performance in the French Open semifinals, Serena Williams climbed the stairs leading from the locker room to the players' lounge, looking to give her mother a hug. Smiling widely all the while, Williams greeted visitors,...

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova to meet in French Open Final

2013-06-06 11:26:00

No. 1-ranked tennis star Serena Williams will face second-seeded Maria Sharapova in Saturday's French Open Final. During Thursday's semifinals, Williams beat Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 in 46 minutes and Sharapova beat�Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in two...

Rafael Nadal dominates Roger Federer to win Italian Open

2013-05-19 13:25:00

After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from the start and won 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. "Rafa was just too good...

Serena Williams wins Italian Open, taking fourth title in a row

2013-05-19 10:30:00

Serena Williams extended the best run of her career on Sunday by winning the Italian Open title in a rout of third-seeded Victoria Azarenka on the clay in Rome. The top-ranked American has now won 24 matches in a row and four consecutive tournament...

Serena Williams aims to end long drought at French Open

2013-05-25 17:14:00

Serena Williams has won the French Open only once, and that was 11 years ago . . . and yet it is difficult to find anyone to pick against her this year. The 31-year-old Williams, winner of 15 major titles including the 2012 U.S. Open, is on a 24-match...

Serena Williams in another final; Federer and Nadal to face off

2013-05-18 20:38:00

A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth straight tournament. The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep, 6-3, 6-0, Saturday and reach the...

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns a shot to Russia's Maria Kirilenko during a French tennis Open quarter final match at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on June 5, 2013.

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Victoria Azarenka, who would have surrendered her top ranking in the world to Serena Williams had she lost to Li Na, gets set to hit a backhand in the Australian Open final.

2013-01-26 00:00:00

Serena Williams of the United States serves during the women's singles final match against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus on Day Fourteen of the 2012 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

2012-09-09 00:00:00