04.13.2008 AMELIA ISLAND-- Venus Williams yesterday confirmed that she intends to return to the WTA Tour in Rome May 12th and called an earlier report that she was on a break from tennis untrue. She also said she was not suffering from any injury which is good news.

Venus Scheduled To Return To Tennis In Rome
04.09.2008 AMELIA ISLAND-- Venus Williams' agent today announced that Venus will miss next week's WTA Tour stop at Charleston, but is scheduled to play the Italian Open, played in Rome, the week of May 12th. "This is not a hiatus. This is not a break from the tour," Williams' agent, Carlos Fleming, said via telephone.

"This was a limited window where she could get these evaluations before the three major tournaments and Olympics this summer. Venus has assured me that there’s no serious medical problem," Fleming said. "But she did see this timing as a good opportunity to have these evaluations to make sure that her health is in order."

Venus Williams On Indefinite Break From Tennis
04.08.2008 AMELIA ISLAND-- Venus Williams has announced she is taking an indefinite break from the WTA Tour for undisclosed reasons, but added she would like to play the French Open. "I've just been having some issues that I need to resolve, so I'm working on that at the moment and I’m hoping to be back playing as soon as possible," Williams said today. "I'm not going to get any further into it, but of course I love the sport."

Venus Williams Storms Into Miami Quarterfinals
03.31.2008 MIAMI-- Venus Williams today played some of her best tennis to beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3 in the fourth round. Venus served very well and kept her errors to a minimum. In the quarterfinals Venus plays either Svetlana Kuznetsova(RUS)[3] or Shahar Peer(ISR)[16] in what could be a thriller. 4th Round Play By Play!
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