High School Sports
Dana Hills High’s Kady Pooler and Irvine Woodbridge’s Elizabeth Exon lost to Lolita Frangulyan of Bradenton, Fla., and Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan, 6-3, 7-5, Friday in the girls’ 16 doubles semifinals of the 55th annual Orange Bowl international tennis championships at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Dec. 15, 2001
Sports
Venus and Serena Williams to play for U.S. in London Olympics
June 26, 2012
Serena, Venus Williams, John Isner lead U.S. Olympic tennis team
We may now have to think about Serena Williams as Custer, because she represents the last stand at the U.S.
Aug. 30, 2014
No. 2 seed Andy Murray, who is trying to become the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles title since Fred Perry triumphed in 1936, easily won his first-round match on Monday with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Benjamin Becker of Germany.
June 24, 2013
Serena Williams took another step in her comeback from a chronic left knee injury, beating Bethanie Mattek, 6-3, 6-1, Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open in Mason, Ohio.
July 21, 2006
The dark clouds that have hung over U.S. men’s tennis for a while now lifted just a bit Thursday.
Aug. 28, 2014
Saints hire Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator
Feb. 9, 2013
Three of tennis’ marquee players cruised down the road in first-round matches at Wimbledon on Tuesday, and Rafael Nadal, perhaps the brightest star of all, traveled a bumpy path.
June 24, 2014
Serena Williams saw that older sister Venus was progressing to the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2011 and it inspired her own comeback win on Saturday at the Australian Open.
Jan. 23, 2015