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Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Serena Williams conquers fashion week after US Open win

The fact that Wintour chose to attend the New York Fashion Week runway debut of Williams, who just won the US Open for the third time, was a sign that Williams, who has made fashion her side gig for a number of years, had most definitely arrived.

"It means a lot ... I mean, she's Anna Wintour at the end of the day, fashion's queen," said a beaming Williams. "I hope she enjoys it."

Williams was certainly enjoying the moment.

Fresh off her U.S. Open win on Sunday, which tied her with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova with 18th Grand Slam trophies, second only to Steffi Graff, Williams took on some of fashion's biggest names with her first runway show on Tuesday.

With celebrities like supermodel Beverly Johnson, actor Boris Kodjoe and comedian Marlon Wayans looking on, Williams showed her Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection for the HSN Network, which she described as "casual wear but pumped up, every day wear that is actually realistic."

"Sometimes you go to fashion shows and none of it is really realistic. You can take it off the models and you can go out and wear it so that is what we wanted to showcase," Williams said.

Thursday, 28 August 2014

Victories for Paes, Sania at US Open

Sania Mirza and Cara Black
The sixth seeded pair of Paes and Stepanek overcame a spirited challenge from Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini 7-6(5) 6-2 in their campaign opener.
    
They next face unseeded combine of Yen-Hsun Lu from Taipei and Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic.
    
In the mixed doubles, top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares quelled the challenge of the American team of Tornado Alicia Black and Ernesto Escobedo 6-2 3-6 10-5 in a gruelling first round contest.
    
Sania's victory came after she and Cara Black, seeded third in the women's doubles, routed Czech pair of Karolina Pliskova and Kristyna Pliskova 6-3 6-0.
    
Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes will open their mixed doubles campaigns on Thursday night.
    
Bopanna, who has already crashed out of the men's doubles, has paired with Slovakia's Katarina Srebotnik. They have been seeded sixth and face American challenge of Lauren Davis and Nicholas Monroe.
    
Paes and Cara Black have been seeded third and they are pitted against Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands.