Former champions Caroline Wozniacki and Sam Stosur were a pair of easy second-round winners Wednesday at the Family Circle Cup tennis event, while Venus Williams advanced despite receiving a tougher test in her match.
This past summer, it came to light that Bobby Riggs may have been involved in a "fixed match" in his legendary "Battle of the Sexes" highly heralded encounter with Billie Jean King in 1973.
The women's doubles juggernaut of Serena Williams and Venus Williams posted a quarterfinal victory Thursday by topping the top seeds at the 2013 U.S. Open.
Top seed and defending champion Li Na of China and surprising American Vania King were among Thursday's quarterfinal winners at the $500,000 Shenzhen Open tennis event, a hardcourt Australian Open tune-up.
Reigning champion Serena Williams was an easy second-round winner, while Sara Errani became the highest-seeded loser to this point at the 2013 U.S. Open.