Jul 09 Serena Williams wins Wimbledon, her record-tying 22nd Grand Slam title By Kristen Doerer World No. 1 Serena Williams clinched the Wimbledon Championship on Saturday at the All England Club, winning her 22nd Grand Slam title. Continue reading
Jun 08 Sharapova plans to appeal two-year suspension from tennis By Kristen Doerer During the Australian Open in January, the Russian tennis player tested positive for the banned drug meldonium, a metabolic modulator. Continue reading
Apr 12 Equal pay for equal play. What the sport of tennis got right By Joshua Barajas And what still needs work. Continue reading
Mar 08 Nike, Sharapova’s biggest backer, cuts ties with tennis champion By Joshua Barajas Three of Maria Sharapova’s sponsors distanced themselves from the tennis star Tuesday after she announced failing a drug test at the Australian Open in January. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 3:50 Why Serena’s loss is one of the biggest upsets in sports history By PBS News Hour Winner of this year's French Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon, Serena Williams seemed poised to clinch a spectacular Grand Slam triumph at the U.S. Open. But her hopes were dashed Friday when Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated the 21-time majors… Continue watching
Sep 08 Why you need to watch the Serena vs. Venus match tonight By Kristen Doerer No. 1 Serena Williams will duel her sister Venus Williams, ranked no. 23, in the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open at 7 p.m. EDT tonight. You do not want to miss this match of tennis royalty. Here's why. Continue reading
Sep 07 Newly discovered images show what tennis looked like in the 16th century By Lorna Baldwin As the second week of the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year moves closer to crowning champions in New York, archivists across the Atlantic Ocean at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have discovered what may be the… Continue reading
Jul 11 Serena Williams nets another ‘Serena Slam’ with Wimbledon win By Andrew Mach On Saturday, Serena Williams beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza 6-4, 6-4 in the women's singles final of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships in London, netting the tennis great another "Serena Slam."… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 4:45 What a historic win at Wimbledon would mean for Serena Williams By PBS News Hour If Serena Williams wins at Wimbledon tomorrow against Garbine Muguruza, she will hold all four grand slam titles at once, a feat she conquered once before 12 years ago. Judy Woodruff talks to Tom Perrotta, sports correspondent for The Wall… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch The Fight for Equality at Wimbledon, in the Locker Room "Venus Vs." and "Let Them Wear Towels" examine equality at Wimbledon, in the locker room. Continue watching