Koye Sowemimo, Head of Sports for The Temple Management Company, said at a press statement on Tuesday in Lagos, that the partnership was a natural fit.
Browsing: Venus Williams
Both players set up three break points during the hard-fought opener
Konta, 26, was bidding to become the first British woman to reach a Wimbledon singles final in 40 years
Ostapenko was only a few weeks old when Williams made her Wimbledon debut 20 years ago.
The 19-year-old put out Czech 22nd seed, Barbora Strycova, 6-1 0-6 6-4 on Wednesday to set up Friday’s third round clash with the five-times champion, who, at 37, is the oldest woman in the field.
Venus Williams broke down in tears during a Wimbledon press conference on Monday when she was asked about her involvement in a fatal car crash.
The 37-year-old American has had a stressful build-up to the tournament after police last week blamed her driving for a fatal motoring accident in Florida.
A Palm Beach Gardens police report said Williams’ 2010 Toyota Sequoia SUV and a 2016 Hyundai Accent driven by Barson’s wife, Linda Barson, collided in an intersection
Police say the five-time SW19 champion, 37, is to blame for the crash that led to the death of 78-year-old Jerome Barson, who was a passenger in his wife’s car, according to reports
Bacsinszky’s best Grand Slam performance came when she reached the last four at Roland Garros in 2015, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams.
Her sister, Venus, spilled the beans during a short interview with Eurosport
Former tennis bad boy Nastase, who won two grand slam titles in the 1970s, was quoted by Romanian and some British media as saying in response to William’s pregnancy announcement: “Let’s see what colour it has. Chocolate with milk”
The 35-year-old, who will return to the No. 1 ranking in the world next week, deleted the photo shortly after it appeared, and she had not commented further several hours later
Konta broke Williams twice in the first set as she moved into a 3-0 lead, before the 36-year-old American salvaged one of those breaks
Vesnina will Kristina Mladenovic for a place in the Indian Wells final
On Saturday, Serena broke Steffi Graf’s Open-era record with a straight-sets win over the elder sibling at the Australian Open, but after her win, Serena praised her sister after her run to the final
Serena overcame a shaky start to land an unprecedented seventh Open title and open-era record 23 grand slam singles crown with an emotional 6-4 6-4 triumph on Saturday
Thirteenth seed Venus, 36, beat fellow American Coco Vandeweghe 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-3 to reach her first major final since 2009
Williams, the 13th seed, saw off 24th seed Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 7-6 (7-3) in the first fixture of the quarter-finals
Williams, the oldest player in the women’s singles, will now face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-3