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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
BEIJING, July 4) �- The Williams tennis dynasty recaptured the highly coveted Center Court this week, and on Saturday Serena and Venus are slated to duel once again for the Wimbledon championship. Venus Williams grabbed a 6-1, 7-6 semi-final victory over Russian Elena Dementieva on July 3, while he 2 Vote(s)
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
When Elena Dementieva, having lost to Venus Williams in the semi-finals of this year's Wimbledon, suggested that the finals between the two sisters would be fixed before the event in a family conclave, she was doing what the tennis world has been doing for a decade now: trashing the Williams sisters. When reporters ran Dementieva's comment past Venus, she said she found the comment insulting to her...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
I smiled every time Elena Dementieva's name came up in this year's Wimbledon reports. One newspaper referred to the lady's 'mental hang-ups.' What do they expect, with a name like Dementieva? You can get a lot of smiles from Russian names. The late Bernard Levin got a whole column out of a meeting of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, poking fun at names like Trapeznikov (from a family of circus performers')...
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Champion Venus Williams powered through to her seventh Wimbledon final yesterday with a matter-of-fact 6-1, 7-6 victory over Russian Elena Dementieva. Williams, aiming for her fifth
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RightFielders (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Meet Gisela Dulko, Argentine tennis star and one of the hottest women in tennis. Read her biography and check out her photos and a video of her below. Gisela Dulko Gisela Dulko made news at Wimbledon this year when she gave Elena Dementieva a run for her money. She started out strong against Dementieva, but in the [...]
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Elena Dementieva claimed that the outcome of tomorrow’s all-Williams final could be pre-ordained after losing her semi-final in straight sets to the older sister, Venus.
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Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Reigning champion Venus Williams beat Russia's Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) in one women's semifinal Thursday at the Wimbledon tennis championships. ...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
TENNIS WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS: ELENA DEMENTIEVA said yesterday, for the second time in her career, that the Williams sisters decide who is going to win the match before they play each other in Grand Slam finals.
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RightFielders (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Meet Elena Dementieva, a Russian tennis star who also happens to be one of the hottest women in the sport. She’s been playing at Wimbledon this week. Read her biography and see photos and a video of her below. Elena Dementieva Elena Dementieva fell to American Venus Williams today at Wimbledon. Williams gained a 6-1 7-6(3) victory [...]
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theGoose.org.uk (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Hearty congratulations to Venus Williams on beating Elena Dementieva to get to the final of Wimbledon. I mean have you looked at Dementieva? She's gorgeous. How Venus managed to concentrate on her tennis with an erection is beyond me.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The Wimbledon women's final might be a Williams family affair, but it will not be decided by a conference around the breakfast table. Venus Williams yesterday rejected out of hand the idea - sparked unwittingly by Elena Dementieva, her defeated semi-final opponent - that she may collude with Serena, her sister, to decide in advance who wins tennis's biggest prize.
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CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Even if something is lost in translation, Elena Dementieva again expresses mixed feelings for the third all-Williams Wimbledon final. It reflects the sisters' outsider status on the tour, Art Spander says.
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Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Filed under: Casually Obsessed Black Voices Blogs : Isn't it fresh when the Williams sisters dominate a tournament so much that they end up facing each other in the final? Eff the haters, we love it! On Thursday, Venus Williams secured her final spot first after beating Elena Dementieva of Russia 6-1,... Read more
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
July 3: After the semifinals, Venus Williams and Elena Dementieva talk about Venus' dominance on grass courts. (NBC Sports)
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Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
AWWWWWWWWWWWW SHIZZZZZZZZZZZ! It looks like the Ladies Wimbledon Finals are gonna be very interesting this year … after they each handily defeated their semi-final opponents Elena Dementieva and Zheng Jie in the tourney this year, the finals match-up will pit sisters Venus (28) and Serena (26) Williams against one another for the crown — [...]
