Furious as she sat down, she repeatedly hammered her racket into the ground in frustration before hurling it behind her
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It was Williams’s first match since she lost the French Open final to Garbine Muguruza this month and the American should have had few problems against Macedonian-born Sadikovic
The Spaniard was buoyed by the point and even Williams had to praise her opponent’s form when she shot a slick forehand winner down the line to hold serve
The 34-year-old has now said she will miss next week’s WTA event in Doha as she continues her recuperation, joining Maria Sharapova in withdrawing after the Russian pulled out citing a forearm injury
Top-seed Williams came into the match as heavy favourite and had also won the last four meetings between the two without dropping a set, but the American made 20 unforced errors in a wobbly opening set
Radwanska was unable to stop the momentum of the American, who clinched her place in the final in 64 minutes
The two dominant players of last year, Djokovic and Williams are no strangers to the heat of the Australian summer, of course, but sweltering conditions might help expose any flaws in their early season form or fitness
Twenty-eight-year-old Serbian Djokovic beat Britain’s Andy Murray in four sets to win the 2015 tournament, a success which saw him add to four previous wins in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013
The world number one has barely played since the US Open in September, when Roberta Vinci shattered her dream of a calendar-year Grand Slam in a heart-breaking semi-final defeat
Williams was forced to retire from her Hopman Cup clash with Jarmila Wolfe on Tuesday night because of inflammation in her left knee
The results were announced on Friday wherein Williams gained 50 first-place votes and 352 points from US editors and news directors
Coupled with the 2014 US Open, her three Grand Slam victories of this year meant Williams completed the ‘Serena Slam’ – holding all four titles simultaneously – for the second time in her career
The sportswoman took to Instagram to share photos of 16-year-old Jackie as she paid tribute to her “special” furry friend, who had been by her side since she was 17
She said: “Not thinking I reacted (hence the superwoman photo), I jumped up, weaved my way in and out of the cosy restaurant (leaping over a chair or two) and chased him down
According to the celebrity news site, the Know Yourself hitmaker spent more than two hours with Ravie Loso at the popular haunt
The 33-year-old American, who failed to complete the calendar Grand Slam after getting knocked out of the semi-finals of the US Open last week, unveiled her new clothing line this week.
The 26th seed looked the sharper of the two Italians in the early exchanges and she made a breakthrough in an extraordinary game as Vinci finally lost her serve after saving six break points
The pair have eight singles titles between them at Flushing Meadows, but it is Serena who remains in contention to clinch her seventh triumph in New York after a dramatic clash
Obviously getting to a Grand Slam semifinal is the next step toward
the final. Pretty clear what’s up for grabs here,” said Venus. “I
think people love to see history being made.
American Serena Williams retains a comfortable lead at the top of the latest WTA rankings released on Monday in spite…