Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Sports News

Venus Williams beats Virginie Razzano for Dubai title

Feb. 21, 2009
Venus Williams won her 40th singles title on Saturday by defeating unseeded Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-2 to win the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Venus Williams wins Dubai final

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Venus Williams beat Virginie Razzano 6-4, 6-2 Saturday, grabbing the women's title at the Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
V. Williams upsets her top-ranked sister

V. Williams upsets her top-ranked sister

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Venus Williams won a third-set tiebreaker Friday, upsetting her top-ranked sister Serena in the semifinals of the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships.
Williams sisters in Dubai semifinals

Williams sisters in Dubai semifinals

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Serena and Venus Williams will square off in the semifinals of the $2 million Dubai Tennis Championships.

4 unseeded players reach Hobart semifinal

HOBART, Australia, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Iveta Benesova, Petra Kvitova, Magdalena Rybarikova and Virginie Razzano, all unseeded, won quarterfinal matches in the Hobart International in Australia.

Razzano surprises Venus Williams in Tokyo

TOKYO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Virginie Razzano stunned Venus Williams 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 Saturday in the women's final of the Japan Open in Tokyo.

V.Williams' hot streak continues

TOKYO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Venus Williams Thursday won her eighth consecutive match and advanced to the semifinals of the $175,000 Japan Open tennis tournament.

Razzano, Dulko reach Forest Hills final

FOREST HILLS, N.Y., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Top seed Virginie Razzano and third seed Gisela Dulko won their semifinal matches Friday at the Forest Hills Sony Ericsson Classic at Forest Hills, N.Y.

Razzano earns semifinal berth

FOREST HILLS, N.Y., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Virginie Razzano earned a spot in the semifinals Thursday at the Forest Hills Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Classic in Forest Hills, N.Y.

Davenport to play for championship

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla., April 9 (UPI) -- Lindsay Davenport reached the title match of the Bausch & Lomb Championships Saturday with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova.

Venus, Clijsters to meet in quarters

ANTWERP, Belgium, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters, both of whom were once ranked No. 1 in the world, set up a quarterfinal meeting Wednesday at the Diamond Games.
1 of 32
Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
View Caption
A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo