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Venus Williams swings by Chatham Hall
WDBJ7 ReporterTennis celebrity Venus Williams urged students at a local prep school to set goals for every moment in life. She spoke to nearly 300 students and community leaders at Chatham Hall all-girls school in Pittsylvania County Tuesday night. The school named...Tags: Pittsylvania County, Tennis
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OUR HEALTH: Lynchburg's Experts in Sjogren's Syndrome
Many Americans had not heard of Sjogren’s Syndrome before last fall, when tennis champion Venus Williams was forced to withdraw for the U.S. Open because of her struggle with the disorder. And it’s still something that not a lot of people know...
Tags: General Practitioners, Washington, DC, ABC (tv network), Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Human Body
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Venus Williams early injury pullout from third round
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Venus Williams lasted just seven points in her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open, forced to withdraw with the stomach or thigh muscle injury that she sustained two days earlier.
After having lost the first game...Tags: Sandra Zahlavova, Germany, Athletes, Andrea Petkovic, Australian Open
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Chris Paul makes NBA's All-Defensive team
Clippers guard Chris Paul was selected Monday to the NBA All-Defensive team, and Lakers guard Kobe Bryant failed to make the list for the first time since 2005. Paul led the NBA in steals per game (2.4) for the fifth time in six years and was joined...
Tags: Prisons, Chris Paul, National Basketball Association, Colorado Buffaloes, NBA Development League
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Serena gains sisterly revenge on Robson in Rome
Reuters(Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams inflicted swift revenge on behalf of her older sister when she beat Britain's Laura Robson 6-2 6-2 in the Rome Masters on Tuesday. Venus Williams was despatched in straight sets by Robson in Monday's first...Tags: Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, Romania, Japan, Wimbledon Championships
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Tennis-Venus Williams dumped out of Rome masters by Robson
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - A rusty Venus Williams was blown away 6-3 6-2 by rising British left-hander Laura Robson at the Rome Masters tennis on Monday. With clay dust swirling around the tree-lined Foro Italico courts, the American former world number one...Tags: Rafael Nadal, Fabio Fognini, Andrey Golubev, Alize Cornet, Serena Williams
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Serena subdues Sharapova to defend Madrid title
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams racked up the 50th title of her illustrious 18-year career when she thumped Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4 to defend her Madrid Open crown on Sunday. Williams' victory, her fourth tournament success of 2013...Tags: Maria Sharapova, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, French Open, Virginie Razzano
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Sloane Stephens, Serena Williams no longer BFFs, maybe never were
Sloane Stephens called Serena Williams "one of my really good friends" and "the greatest person ever" during an ESPN interview back in January. But that was before the 20-year-old Stephens upset the woman who was largely regarded as her mentor in the...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), BlackBerry, TBS (tv network), Serena Williams, Twitter, Inc.
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Venus no competirá en el Masters de Madrid por una lesión de espalda
ReutersMADRID, 5 may (Reuters) - La ex número uno del mundo Venus Williams se ha visto obligada a no participar en el Masters de Madrid debido a un problema de espalda, informaron el domingo los organizadores. La estadounidense de 32 años, que actualmente... -
Sluggish Serena begins Madrid defence, Li ousted
ReutersMADRID (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams recovered from a lethargic start to her Madrid Open title defence to seal an ultimately comfortable 7-6 6-1 victory against teenage qualifier Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the first round on Sunday....Tags: Tsvetana Pironkova, Alize Cornet, Serena Williams, Yaroslava Shvedova, Caroline Wozniacki
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REFILE-Tennis-Venus pulls out of Madrid with back problem
Reuters(Corrects sport name in headline) MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - Former world number one Venus Williams has been forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open due to a back problem, organisers said on Sunday. The 32-year-old American, now ranked 21, was due to... -
Chargers draft Manti Te'o with 38th pick
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