Williams shakes off rust, rolls ahead at Rogers Cup

Sabine Lisicki secured her place in the second round of the Rogers Cup with a comprehensive victory over Venus Williams.

Williams’ New York magazine profile opens up with a focus on the tennis star working on the HSN network hawking clothes and perhaps not that comfortable with the position she was placed in. The American tennis player who also smashed her racket, added, “I only said to myself to get ready to do anything to get into the match, and I did it. I thought, ‘The last time I played here, I won”.

“I didn’t think it would last this long”, she said. “I was making so many errors”, said Williams following the match in Toronto.

The story features a photo shoot that shows a more elegant side of Williams, one that we don’t usually think of when she’s smashing forehands and running over opponents in straight sets.

With four Olympic gold medals, five Wimbledon championships, and 21 Grand Slam singles titles under her belt, there’s no disputing that Serena Williams is one tough cookie on the tennis courts.

Designing wedding dresses was her “first real love”, but then she realized she was playing professional tennis so she decided to do athletic wear.

Bouchard’s struggles began a year ago when the Rogers Cup was in Montreal and she lost to qualifier Shelby Rogers.

A former doubles world number one, Pennetta needed just 69 minutes to dismiss the 222nd-ranked Dabrowski and register her first match win since the French Open.

“The elbow was okay – definitely not ideal, but I’ll see how it recovers tomorrow”, Williams said.

Wozniacki knows what it’s like to be ranked No. 1 in the world, but she hasn’t been almost as dominant as Williams, who may go down as the best women’s tennis player in history. And I feel like I’m at least not going downwards anymore.

Right now, that means having her own collection – the Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection – and humble bragging about her trophies. With either Jelena Jankovic or Caroline Garcia in her opener and potentially current Stanford semi finalist, (13) Angelique Kerber further down the line, the odds of Halep going deep seem limited.