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SERENA WILLIAMS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 13, 2018
Why Serena Williams owes a triple apology
Serena Williams was the perpetrator, not the victim, of unprovoked abuse in last Saturday's U.S. Open final against Naomi Osaka.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 9, 2018
Analysis: In drama-filled match, Naomi Osaka shows her mettle with historic win over Serena Williams
Naomi Osaka fired an unreturnable serve, pulled her visor down over her eyes and strolled to the net to hug her childhood idol.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 9, 2018
Naomi Osaka tops Serena Williams in U.S. Open final, becomes first Japanese grand slam singles champion
Naomi Osaka became Japan's first Grand Slam singles champion after she thumped Serena Williams 6-2 6-4 in a controversial U.S. Open final on Saturday, with the American suffering a mesmerizing meltdown after being handed a code violation.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 9, 2018
LIVEBLOG: Serena Williams vs Naomi Osaka at the US Open
Naomi Osaka squares off with her childhood idol Serena Williams as she looks to become the first Japanese to win a grand slam singles title.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Sep 8, 2018
Naomi Osaka emulates Serena Williams' powerful style of play
At just 17 years of age, Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1999 U.S. Open.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 14, 2018
Osaka must improve mental focus to become elite player
With 2018 wins over Grand Slam champions Serena Williams, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova as well as reigning world No. 1 Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka has proven that she, too, has the potential to win a major — or perhaps several.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Aug 27, 2016
Djokovic has wrist injury
Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams face challenging early tests at the U.S. Open following Friday's draws for the year's last Grand Slam starting on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 10, 2016
Serena's Wimbledon prize worth $380,000 less after Brexit vote
Count tennis champion Serena Williams among those who have lost money in wake of last month's Brexit vote.
TENNIS
Jun 28, 2016
Serena begins title defense by beating Sadikovic
Defending champion Serena Williams stuttered to a low-key and error-strewn 6-2, 6-4 first-round victory over Swiss qualifier Amra Sadikovic on Tuesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 1, 2016
Djokovic passes $100 million mark at French Open
Novak Djokovic had 100 million reasons to celebrate reaching the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday — albeit two days later than expected — as players made a mad dash to clear the fourth-round backlog created by the fickle Parisian weather.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 13, 2015
Serena eyes calendar Slam
Serena Williams holds all four major tennis titles after her Wimbledon victory Saturday but she wants more.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 4, 2015
Serena gets scare from Watson
The needle on the Wimbledon Richter scale sat poised and ready but Serena Williams dug deep into her battle-hardened playbook to ensure there was no earth-shuddering shock at the hands of scurrying Briton Heather Watson on Friday.
TENNIS
May 14, 2015
Murray, Serena Williams withdraw from Italian Open
Andy Murray and Serena Williams pulled out of the Italian Open on Thursday ahead of their third-round matches.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 16, 2015
Aussie Open draw looks good for Nole, Serena
Novak Djokovic's chances of winning a fifth Australian Open title have been boosted by a kind draw in the opening week, while women's top seed Serena Williams kicks off her campaign here against 106th-ranked Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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