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• Robson beats Venus, faces Serena next in Rome

  -- Laura Robson overcame strong winds to beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 at the Italian Open on Monday and set up a second-round match with top-ranked Serena Williams .Both players struggled with the wind at the Foro Italico, with Robson hitting eight double-faults   Read more »

• Venus Williams (back) pulls out of Madrid Open

  (AP) -- Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Madrid Open because of back problems.The American was set to open the tournament Sunday.Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele took Williams' place in the first round against Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain.   Read more »

• Williams reaches semifinals of Brazil Tennis Cup

  -- Venus Williams beat fifth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Brazil Tennis Cup.The top-seeded American broke Rybarikova's serve at 5-4 to win the first set and quickly took control of the second to   Read more »

• US loses to Italy in 1st round of Fed Cup

  and Vinci, the top-ranked doubles team, won 6-2, 6-2 against an understrength American team. The U.S. was without Serena and Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens because of injuries."I'm really proud of the team, they played their hearts out every single match,"   Read more »

Around the web

• McPhail regrets staying at Cardiff

  Syndrome - a disease where the body attacks its own moisture-producing glands, such as the tear and salivary glands Tennis star Venus Williams suffers from the same condition and has passed on advice to McPhail on ways to deal with it's symptoms "I want to   from BBC News Read more »

• Serena gains sisterly revenge on Robson in Rome

  swift revenge on behalf of her older sister when she beat Britain’s Laura Robson 6-2 6-2 in the Rome Masters yesterday. Venus Williams was despatched in straight sets by Robson in Monday’s first round but Serena, fresh from her defeat of Maria Sharapova in   from The Malaysian Insider Read more »

• Laura Robson falls at second Williams sister hurdle in Rome

  Robson lost to US star Serena Williams in the second round of the Italian Open The British No1 had stunned Venus Williams in the first round, 6-3, 6-2, but she was beaten by the American’s sibling in 75 minutes. Robson said: “She is No1 in the world for a   from Daily Express Read more »

• Robson fails to add Serena scalp

  had put Venus Williams out of the tournament, breaking serve six times to win 6-3 6-2, but lost 6-2 6-2 on Tuesday night despite getting off to a great start. Robson broke her opponent's serve to take the first game but Williams broke straight back to level   from Shropshire Star Read more »

• 'Venus and Serena': Sisters First and Always (Review)

  the toughest match you’ve ever been in?” a reporter asks Venus Williams. He’s offscreen, she’s wearing braids, just 11 years old in 1991, doing a TV Interview on a tennis court in Compton. She scrunches her face, then smiles, sort of, at the question, but   from PopMatters Read more »