Serena Williams tennis season

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world leader, was markedly defeated by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, 6-0, 6-4, on Sunday, in the final of the WTA tournament in Rome (Internationali BNL d'Italia), with prizes worth 3,351,729 US dollars.

Three-time winner Venus Williams saved three match points in a three-set victory over Kiki Bertens on March 25, lining up a fourth-round clash with reigning champion Johanna Konta at the Miami Open.

Serena Williams shook off the rust from a 15-month layoff due to pregnancy to win her opening match at the WTA Indian Wells event with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Zarina Diyas.

Angelique Kerber upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open on Jan. 30 and become the first German to win a grand slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999. 

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova defeated on Tuesday Australian Samantha Stosur at the Eastbourne International.

Pironkova secured a swift victory over Stosur 7:5, 7:6 (7:0).

This is her first-ever success against Stosur which adds 55 points for her in the ATP ranking.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, ranked second in the world, has failed to defeat Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in the next to last stage of the 2,428,490-dollar tournament on Saturday, being defeated by 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep was defeated on Thursday evening by world's currently best ranked player Serena Williams in the semi-finals of the women's singles event of the 5,381,235-dollar WTA Miami Open 2015 tournament.

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Romania's tennis player Simona Halep , currently world's number 3, on Sunday advanced to the women's singles round of 16 of the 5,381,235-US-dollar WTA Miami Open 2015 tournament, after defeating Italy's Camila Giorgi, 6-4, 7-5.

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