Celine Naef (SUI) As WTA debut opponents go, it doesn't get more memorable than Venus Williams. In the week that Celine Naef was born in 2005, Williams was busy winning her third Wimbledon title.

Naef, who worked with Molitor when she was 7 years old, said she learned "everything -- technical, mental, physical" from the matriarch of Swiss tennis. Hingis, a former No.1 and one of Williams' ...

On Tuesday, 42-year-old Venus Williams—playing her first match on the WTA Tour since early January, which she competed in Auckland—fell to 17-year-old Celine Naef, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Williams then broke Naef to love to take a 5-3 and served a love game as she reeled off 12 straight points. Wimbledon, the British grass-court major which Williams has won five times, opens on July 3.

Swiss tennis player Celine Naef expressed her admiration for Venus Williams following their first round meeting at the Libema Open, stating that the American is someone everybody looks up to.

Seven-time major champion Venus Williams lost her first competitive singles match since injuring her hamstring in January, succumbing to 17-year-old Céline Naef 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Libema ...

Seven-time major champion Venus Williams lost her first competitive singles match since injuring her hamstring in January, succumbing to 17-year-old Celine Naef 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 at the Libema ...

In her first competitive singles match since injuring a hamstring in January, Venus Williams lost 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 to Sweden's Celine Naef, who was making her WTA debut at the Libema Open.

Alex Eala could not sustain her strong start, failing to capitalize on a one-set advantage and falling in three sets to fellow 19-year-old Celine Naef of Switzerland, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, on Thursday ...

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Williams then broke Naef to love to take a 5-3 and served a love game as she reeled off 12 straight points. Wimbledon, the British grass-court major which Williams has won five times, opens on July 3.

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Seven-time major champion Venus Williams lost her first competitive singles match since injuring her hamstring in January, succumbing to 17-year-old Celine Naef 3-6 ...