Topic: Vera Zvonareva

Mine to lose? Theirs to win, insists Serena

LONDON (Reuters) - Surrounded by a trio of unfamiliar Eastern European challengers, Serena Williams discovered that the Wimbledon title was hers to lose on Tuesday after she survived the cull of seeds to reach the semi-finals. Russian Vera Zvonareva, Czech Petra Kvitova ...

Venus crashes out as Serena strolls into semis

Venus Williams crashed out of the Wimbledon quarter-finals Tuesday while her sister Serena's path to a fourth title became much clearer as she was joined in the semi-finals by three unfancied players. Second seed Venus, a five-time Wimbledon champion, was knocked out ...

Venus, Clijsters suffer shock Wimbledon exits

LONDON (Reuters) - Wimbledon is guaranteed a new grand slam finalist in the women's singles after Tsvetana Pironkova and Vera Zvonareva caused huge upsets on Tuesday to set up an unlikely last-four clash. First Bulgaria's 82nd-ranked Pironkova inflicted a heaviest ever Wimbledon ...
Top-seeded Wozniacki turns ankle, retires; Zvonareva to meet Stosur at Charleston finalTop-seeded Caroline Wozniacki retired from her semifinal match against Vera Zvonareva at the Family Circle Cup on Saturday after injuring her right ankle. The Danish player was trailing 2-4 in the ...

Stosur pounds Zvonareva to win second WTA title

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Samantha Stosur underlined her credentials for next month's French Open by crushing Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-0 6-3 in Sunday's final of the Family Circle Cup to claim her second WTA Tour title. With her forehand in scintillating ...
Australian fourth seed Samantha Stosur won her second career WTA title on Sunday, routing Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-0, 6-3 in the final of the 700,000-dollar Family Circle Cup. Stosur, whose only prior WTA crown came last year at Osaka, improved to 5-2 ...

Ankle injury halts Wozniacki Charleston challenge

World number two Caroline Wozniacki injured her right ankle and retired from her semi-final match against Vera Zvonareva at the WTA's Family Circle Cup here on Saturday. The second-seeded Dane was down 2-4 in the first set against Zvonareva, the seventh seed ...

Federer, Serena move up a gear in Melbourne

Top seeds Roger Federer and Serena Williams moved up a gear Saturday with straight sets wins as they closed in on more silverware at the Australian Open. The world's premier players have 26 Grand Slam titles between them and both look primed ...

Clijsters and Kuznetsova march on in Melbourne

Kim Clijsters showed nerves of steel on Wednesday to come through a tough test and make the Australian Open third round alongside Svetlana Kuznetsova. Other top names also showed their mettle, including Caroline Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva, Victoria Azarenka and Li Na, who ...
Defending champion Venus Williams reached the semi-finals of the WTA Championships without hitting a ball on Friday as organisers avoided potential embarrassment over the event's scoring system. Williams reached the last four - along with Jelena Jankovic and Caroline Wozniacki - despite ...