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Serena Williams accepts wild card to play in Parma May 13, 2021 GMT PARMA, Italy (AP) — Serena Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma starting this weekend. The move came immediately after Williams lost in straight sets to Nadia Podoroska at the Italian Open on Wednesday in her first match in nearly three months. “Maybe I do need a few more matches, so I’m going to try to figure that out with my coach and my team and see what we would like to do,” Williams said after losing to Podoroska, a semifinalist at last year’s French Open. “...

Williams to play in Parma after early Rome exit Issued on: Serena Williams lost her opening match at the Italian Open in Rome. Filippo MONTEFORTE AFP 2 min Rome (AFP) Serena Williams has been given a wild card to play in next week's WTA tournament in Parma after her premature exit from the Italian Open, her entourage told AFP on Thursday. Williams crashed out in the second round on Wednesday, her first match in nearly three months since her semi-final defeat in the Australian Open. The 39-year-old will continue to warm-up on clay at the Emilia-Roma...

Updated: May 13, 2021, 7:42 pm Iga Swiatek battled into the quarter-finals of the Italian Open (Paul White/AP) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up French Open champions Iga Swiatek and Ashleigh Barty moved into the quarter-finals of the Italian Open in contrasting fashion on Thursday. Swiatek, the winner in Paris last October, saved two match points in the second set on her way to a 3-6 7-6 (5) 7-5 victory over Czech Bar...

Serena Williams to play in Parma after early Rome exit News24 13 May 2021, 22:13 GMT+10 Serena Williams has been given a wild card to play in next week's WTA tournament in Parma after her premature exit from the Italian Open, her entourage told AFP on Thursday. Williams crashed out in the second round on Wednesday, her first match in nearly three months since her semi-final defeat in the Australian Open. The 39-year-old will continue to warm-up on clay at the Emilia-Romagna Open which starts on Sunday before the French Open in Paris on 30 May. Williams needs one more Grand Slam title to match...

Tournaments in Italy and Germany added to WTA schedule Follow Us Question of the Day     LONDON (AP) - Tournaments in Italy and Germany were added to the WTA’s 2021 calendar on Thursday. The Emilia Romagna Open will be staged in Parma, northern Italy, in the week starting May 17 and includes singles and doubles draws. Also added to the schedule was the Hamburg European Open, an outdoor event on clay starting July 5. It coincides with the second week of Wimbledon and will also be singles and doubles. TOP STORIES