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Vinci added sarcastically. Williams got in an indecipherable last word.

The Chan sisters then fought back to claim the super tiebreak 10-8 against their Ukrainian-Chinese opponents in 1 hour, 11 minutes, the second straight match in which they were taken to the brink after comprehensively winning the first set. Cibulkova beat Ivanovic in the first...

Top-seed Caroline Wozniacki survived a nail-biting scare Friday against Angelique Kerber of Germany at the Pan Pacific Open, advancing to a semi-final showdown against Belinda Bencic.

Belinda Bencic shocked women’s tennis on Saturday, beating World No 1 Serena Williams in Toronto’s Premier 5 tournament with the final score of 3-6 7-5 6-4.

The last time Williams even lost a set to a player with a one-handed backhand was to Henin in the final of the Australian Open in 2010 (Williams would go on to win that match anyway, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2).

Sabine Lisicki, the 2013 Wimbledon finalist, slumped to a 6-1 1-6 7-6 (7/3) defeat to Belinda Bencic, with the Swiss sealing victory after exactly two hours. Bencic had already knocked off Caroline Wozniacki and Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard this week and wanted her German...

Fourth-seeded Kaolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic was also victorious in the second round, defeating 44-year-old qualifier Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 7-5, 6-2.

‘I thought it was one of my worst matches that I played the whole tournament so far.

The 34-year-old Swiss player, already a member of the worldwide Tennis Hall of Fame, teamed up with Sania Mirza of India to win the women’s doubles title on Saturday. She has won WTA Tour events large and small. It also gave her a “Serena Slam” for the second...

If Williams wins the Wimbledon finals Saturday, she’ll have secured a second such slam. Should she win on Saturday, she’ll first complete the “Serena Slam” – winning four majors in a row – having won at the US Open last summer in addition to...

To complete the “Serena slam” of four consecutive majors for a second time, she will play Garbine Muguruza, a Spanish upstart with a big serve and nothing to lose, in the Wimbledon final Saturday.

“Maria played well and when she stepped up, I managed to step up”.

Serena Williams celebrates after winning her match against Maria Sharapova at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Thursday.

But with rackets in their hands, this has been a one-way street: Williams has won 17 of their 19 career meetings, including the past 16 in a row.

Her strength was, as usual, the moment she picked to hit winners.