Monday, October 22, 2012
Venus wins in Luxembourg to end title drought
(Reuters) - Venus Williams proved she was still a force to be reckoned with after a two-year battle with injuries and illness as she downed Romania's Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-3 to win the Luxembourg Open title on Sunday.
The result ended a torrid year and a 31-month barren run for the 32-year-old American, who failed to get past the second round of any of the three majors she competed in 2012.
While victory in a low-key tournament in Luxembourg might not rate as a landmark win for a woman who has won seven grand slam singles titles, the American looked visibly delighted to get back into the winner's circle for the first time since being diagnosed with the auto-immune, fatigue inducing illness Sjogren's Syndrome in 2011.
(Reporting by Pritha Sarkar; editing by Toby Davis)
- China confident of sweeping aside their final opponents
- World No. 1 Nicol sinks Waters to reach British Open final
- Koreans in the final despite Dong-keun’s loss
- Pandelela-Mun Yee and Yan Yee-Jun Hoong bag bronze medals in Mexico
- Nico Rosberg revels in the rain as Mercedes stamp their mark
- Demons lurk at Serena’s favourite place in the world
- Djokovic in Nadal’s path for French Open super eight
- Indiana bounce back against Miami to level series
- Macdonald and Marques share the lead
- Affendi brushes off hand injury to win CP130 race in Terengganu
- Kuchar takes one-shot lead into final round at Colonial
- Froch beats Kessler to retain IBF super middleweight title
- Kenny Perry stalks Senior PGA Championship title
- China confident of sweeping aside their final opponents
- Hafizh needs to step up a gear after coming in fifth
- Affendi brushes off hand injury to win CP130 race in Terengganu
- England-NZ second Test washed out
- Koreans in the final despite Dong-keun’s loss
- Vignesa right on track to retain GT Open title
- Whitmarsh: McLaren’s hopes were too high this season
RSS
