New York, Sep 6: American tennis ace Serena Williams eased closer to a fourth US Open title on Monday, storming past Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4, at New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium to set-up a quarterfinal clash with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Williams has not dropped a set at Flushing Meadows this year and Ivanovic never looked likely to break that streak.

London, Sept 4 : Known for sporting brightly coloured nails on court, Serena Williams has now started treating her fans to her own range of nail varnish.

The tennis star has launched 12 new designs, which come in four different packs and represent the world’s four Grand Slam tennis tournaments.

“I love doing my nails before I am out on court. I love to look as glam as I can,” the Daily Express quoted Williams as saying.

New York, Aug 28 : Venus and Serena Williams are said to have literally towered above all the other guests at a party celebrating their current Hamptons magazine cover story.

Adorned in heels, the professional tennis players rose to well above 6 feet tall, dwarfing male as well as female guests at the unfathomable lounge RDV.

“They towered head and shoulders above everybody,” the New York Post quoted a stunned 6-foot source as saying.

London, Feb 7 : Tennis superstar Serena Williams desperately wants to have kids with her rapper/actor boyfriend Common.

However, Williams is not sure if she’ll be a responsible mother as she once accidentally left her pet pooch behind after a training session on the tennis court, reports The Daily Star.

She says, "I would love to have a baby... But I have two little dogs I take care of and they''re so cute, but sometimes I forget them. One time I was in the locker room... I was busy and I left and I was in the car driving home and I was like, ''Oops!'' I definitely don''t need any kids because I forgot my dog."

New York, Nov. 30: American tennis star Serena Williams has been fined 175,000 dollars for her ugly tirade at a line judge at Flushing Meadows, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced.

The ITF said that any further offence at a grand slam in the next two years would see her suspended from the US Open in 2010, 2011, or 2012. The fine will be reduced to 82,500 dollars if she commits no further major offence until 2011, The Telegraph reported.

Melbourne, Nov. 27 : American tennis star Serena Williams faces the possibility of being fined a million dollars for her ugly US Open meltdown.

Industry sources indicated the International Tennis Federation''s Grand Slam committee was close to reaching a consensus on the Williams case, almost 12 weeks after the incident, Fox Sports reports.

Williams has been cited under the sport''s code of conduct for committing a major offence, an infraction that carries possible suspension from January''s Australian Open.

Hamburg - Serena Williams reclaimed the lead from Dinara Safina in the women's tennis rankings issued by the WTA on Monday and is also assured of the final 2009 top spot.

The American has 9,075 points to the 7,800 for Russia's Safina, with Svetlana Kuznetsova, also of Russia, third on 6,141.

Williams, 28, tops the year-ending rankings for the second time in her career, the first time being 2002.

World number one Serena Williams of the United States has made into the semifinals of the women's singles event of the US $4.5 million Sony Ericsson WTA Championships in Doha.

The top seeded Serena defeated Russian Elena Dementieva in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinal to become first player to reach into the last four of the tournament.

Speaking to the media, Serena said that Dementieva is really a good and fittest player in the tournament, and her game will definitely become better and better in the upcoming years.

World number one Serena Williams of the United States has made into the semifinals of the women's singles event of the US $4.5 million Sony Ericsson WTA Championships in Doha.

The top seeded Serena defeated Russian Elena Dementieva in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinal to become first player to reach into the last four of the tournament.

Speaking to the media, Serena said that Dementieva is really a good and fittest player in the tournament, and her game will definitely become better and better in the upcoming years.

Washington, Oct. 27 : American tennis great Serena Williams has said her being actively involved with the Jehovah’s Witnesses movement, helped her to overcome her despair over elder sister Yetunde’s murder on September 14, 2003.

Describing it as the watershed moment, Serena said it happened when she was in Toronto for a television show.

That incident plunged her into deep depression. Waking in despair each day, she plummeted down the tennis rankings, reaching a low of 140.

Washington, Oct. 27 : American tennis great Serena Williams has revealed that her love life is currently her racquet, as does not have much time for anything else.

“I am a psycho when it comes to dating. Like if a guy doesn’t call me when he says he is going to call me, I get all emotional. I guess that is because of what happened with So and So.”

Beijing  - Serena Williams will return to the top WTA ranking thanks to Tuesday's 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the second round of the China Open.

The door was opened for the American - under a possible Grand Slam suspension cloud after a US Open semi-final boilover - as Russian Dinara Safina was beaten in the second round by Shuai Zhang of China on Monday.

Williams, seeded second, did what she needed and will resume the lead on the WTA table on Monday after holding number one for 25 weeks, the last time in April.

New York, Sep 14 : American tennis star Serena Williams has said she won''t apologise to the lineswoman for her outburst during her US Open semi-final defeat by Kim Clijsters.

"An apology from me? Know many people yell at linespeople? Players, athletes get frustrated," The Mirror quoted Williams, as saying.

Williams lost her cool after being foot-faulted at the end of the contest. She unleashed a tirade on the line judge, briefly walked away and then returned for another blast at the line judge.

New York  - Kim Clijsters marked her comeback to tennis with a controversial win as she thrashed frustrated holder Serena Williams 6-4, 7-5 to power into the final of the US Open Saturday.

The match ended in unorthodox fashion, with the furious Williams called for a foot fault to yield a match point to the Belgian. With Williams then exploding at a line judge to draw a point penalty and the loss.

New York, Aug 31 : Tennis champ Serena Williams was seen dancing and enjoying with her ‘alleged’ boyfriend, rapper Common, at a party.

The Grand Slam winner was present at the wrap party of Common’s new flick, "Just Wright", at Greenhouse earlier this week, and proceeded to spend all night with him.

"They were having fun, dancing, and affectionate," the New York Post quoted a witness as saying.

Other celebs present at the party were Rihanna, Robin Thicke, and Common''s co- star Queen Latifah.

New York, Aug 29: American tennis star Serena Williams has revealed that following her elder sister's murder, she went through a period of depression and needed counselling to get over the horrific incident.

"It was a dark period in my life. I went through so much depression. I never even talked about it to my mom," The Sun quoted Serena, as saying.

"No one knew I was in therapy, but I was. I was so close to Yetunde," she added.

London, July 6 : American tennis star Serena Williams celebrated her third Wimbledon title with her family with the Williams clan going to a restaurant, but Serena barely touched her food.

The new Wimbledon champion had been spending the last two weeks stuffing herself with pasta to fuel her triumph.

London  - After lifting a third Wimbledon singles title and joining her sister Venus for the doubles crown, Serena Williams could care less that her WTA ranking will stay at number two behind Russian Dinara Safina Monday.

"I don't know what to do to be number one," said Serena, who beat sister Venus in the weekend singles showdown. "I don't even care anymore. I'm just happy to be here."

Serena Williams has won the Wimbledon title for the third time in the women’s single event after defeating her sister Venus William in the final in London on Saturday.

Serena has defeated the defending champion Venus in straight sets by 7-6 (7/3), 6-2.

With this defeat, the Venus lost the hope of winning the Grand Slam for third consecutive time and to level the record of Billie Jean King of winning six Grand Slam titles.

The first set was very close as the set went to tie-breaker but Serena managed to win the set and took lead by 1-0.