Serena Williams

The women's top-seed in the U.S. Open starts play with a match this evening. Two-time defending champion Serena Williams opens play with fellow American Taylor Townsend. This is Townsend's third Grand Slam event, the first was this year's French Open. The 18-year old gained admittance to the Open as a wild card entry.

Top-ranked Serena Williams is seeded No. 1 as she seeks her third straight U.S. Open title.

It was a short day at the office for Serena Williams at Wimbledon. The five-time champ took just 49 minutes to cruise into the third round with a 6-1, 6-1 beat down of Chanelle Scheepers.

There's been a shocker at the French Open as women's top seed and defending champion Serena Williams lost her second-round match to unseeded Garbine Muguruza (GAR'-been moo-guh-ROO'-zuh) of Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

Serena Williams says she asked for a wildcard into the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to combat boredom once she believed her back injury was on the mend.

Women's No. 1 Serena Williams is back on the court this evening, U.S. time, for her second match of the Australian Open. Williams, who won her opening match in straight sets, is set to face a player from Serbia.

Serena Williams is The Associated Press' 2013 Female Athlete of the Year, easily winning a vote by news organizations.