RealClearSports: Maria Is Just Fine; How's Serena?

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

STANFORD, Calif. -- It's easier to get information out of Washington than the WTA, which used to be called the Women's Tennis Association, an organization which keeps secrets with ways the White House only wishes it could.

The ladies are in Northern California this week, at the Bank of the West Classic on the Stanford campus, where if the importance doesn't quite equal that of Wimbledon or the upcoming U.S. Open, the setting is far more enticing.

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SF Examiner: Serena Williams a true winner

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

LONDON — “I want winners.” That was the plaintive cry on billboards a year ago by Niners coach Mike Singletary. We all want winners. We all want champions. Losing, wrote John Tunis, is the great American sin.

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CBSSports: Sensational Serena brings Williamses' Wimbledon dominance to new level

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Maybe they should rename the tournament "Williams-don."

Those sisters have a forehand grip on women's singles and that beautiful plate, the "Venus Rosewater Dish," given to the champion.

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CBSSports.com: Serena avoids pitfalls that tripped up others to reach finals

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Something still makes sense at this Wimbledon. Or should that be someone still makes sense? The woman No. 1 in the seeding, No. 1 in the WTA rankings, is into the finals.

A small American cheer is allowed for both Ms. Serena Williams and realized expectations.

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CBSSports.com: Eclipse of Venus leaves Serena last hope for fading U.S.

By Art Spander
The Sports Xchange/CBSSports.com

WIMBLEDON, England -- Little Sister is the Last American. It's up to Serena now if there's to be a Wimbledon champion from the United States.

"It's not mine to lose," she insisted. "It's mine to win if I can get it."

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