High-speed video from the 1997 US Open showed Williams averaging over 2,000 r.p.m. on her forehand, more than Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi and almost double that of her opponent in the final ...

The US Open has ... nine greatest US Open women’s singles champions of the Open Era. Titles: 2000-01 Finals: 1997, 2002 Few players have ever received as much support as Venus at the Open ...

To some careful tennis observers, by the time she made her pro debut at age 14, Venus Williams might already ... 6-3, 6-4. The open-stance strokes Venus used from both wings that day were ...

Venus Williams ... the final in her debut in 1997. "It's such a bummer, but I'm going to work on myself and get myself together to be at the U.S. Open," she said. Williams was scheduled to play ...

They grew up and trained under precarious conditions in Bulgaria. Despite the lack of support, the Maleeva sisters found ...

Here are some of his best photographs of Serena Williams playing at the US Open over the years. USA TODAY Sports photographer Robert Deutsch has covered Serena Williams for two decades. Detail of ...

Serena Williams won her first Major at the 1999 US Open. She would not emerge victorious at a Grand Slam again until the 2002 French Open as her older sister Venus would have a purple patch in ...

Venus Williams shared moments from her recent trip to Paris and rejoiced as she stood close to the Eiffel Tower.