Hitting powerful strokes from the baseline, and looking fitter than her opponent despite a series of gruelling matches over the tournament, the ninth-seeded Stosur became the first Australian woman to ...

1922 — In the first formal college conference basketball tournament, North Carolina beats Mercer 40-26 to win the Southern Intercollegiate Conference championship. The 13-team conference keeps ...

1999 — Venus and Serena Williams become the first sisters to win WTA Tour events on the same day. Venus wins the IGA SuperThrift Tennis Classic in Oklahoma City after Serena takes her first title on ...

Serena Williams entered the 2017 Australian Open still at her peak at age 35, tied with Steffi Graf at 22 grand slam singles ...

In the 31st meeting between the sisters, Serena rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals at the Top Seed Open.