US Open Championship in New York
Venus Williams of the U.S.A, seventh seed, returns the ball to Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in the second set of fourth round action at the U.S. Open tennis championship at the U.S. National Tennis Center on September 1, 2008 in Flushing Meadows, New York. Williams won 6-1, 6-3. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
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World No. 1 Serena Williams, with a personal record winning streak intact, heads to the French Open as a huge favorite.
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World No. 1 Serena Williams swept to a second-round win Tuesday at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome.
Sara Errani matches her career-high ranking with a move to sixth and Caroline Wozniacki also is up a spot in Monday's update of the women's tennis rankings.
Laura Robson posted a second-round upset of world No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska in Monday's play at the Mutua Madrid Open.
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