Nearly five decades after the WTA rankings were first introduced, no former world number one had ever lost 10 consecutive singles matches on tour. Today, at the Madrid Open, Venus Williams became the first. The 45-year-old tennis icon fell to 20-year-old Spanish wildcard Kaitlin Quevedo 6-2, 6-4, extending a losing run that now stretches back […]

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