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Meanwhile, Serena Williams said she is recovering from an elbow injury that forced her to withdraw from a tournament in Stanford that took place last week.

Meanwhile, Serena Williams said she is recovering from an elbow injury that forced her to withdraw from a tournament in Stanford that took place last week.

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.

American Madison Brengle will face Canada’s Carol Zhao in the afternoon after that match was rained out Monday.

Sabine Lisicki secured her place in the second round of the Rogers Cup with a comprehensive victory over Venus Williams. “It was in fact typically a wait and hard not to be comfortable up”.

“And then I got really angry….” “It was also such a tough match-up against Venus – it’s always a pleasure to play her because you know you have to play well to beat her, so I’m happy with my performance today”. “I’m...

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...

Olympians Nadia Comaneci, Michelle Kwan, Greg Louganis, and Michael Phelps helped carry the Special Olympics flag into the coliseum during the opening ceremony.

Williams started slow on the grass on Court 1, trailing 3-1 before turning things around and advancing to the second round.

However, after a relatively untroubled first set on Centre Court, she lost a hugely entertaining second as the two identikit 6ft-plus blondes with matching white visors slugged it out. “She was playing with a lot of confidence and had nothing to lose”. Muguruza took...