http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085654.html Another impressive performance by the seemingly indomitable Serena Williams. The world No. 1 ran her career-best win streak to 24 matches in Sunday's final at the Italian Open with a 6-1, 6-3 thumping of Victoria Azarenka, the last player to beat the American superstar. Azarenka snapped a nine-match slide in the series against Williams in the final of the Qatar Open back in February. Since that setback in Doha, followed by an injury withdrawa http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085478.html Serena Williams appears unstoppable. Williams ran her winning streak to 23 straight matches Saturday with a 6-3, 6-0 demolition of Romania's Simona Halep in the semifinals of the Italian Open and will set her sights on a fourth straight title on Sunday against Victoria Azarenka. The last player to beat Williams was Azarenka in the final of the Qatar Open back in February. Williams will get a chance to avenge that defeat, as Azarenka reac http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085294.html Red-hot Serena Williams and former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka secured berths in the semifinals, while two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova pulled out of her scheduled quarterfinal match Friday at the Italian Open because of a viral illness. The world No. 1 Williams pasted helpless Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0, while the second-seeded former No. 1 Sharapova decided against playing seventh-seeded Italian favorite Sara Errani in http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085164.html Red-hot Serena Williams eased into the semifinals, while two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova pulled out of her scheduled quarterfinal match Friday at the Italian Open because of an illness. The world No. 1 Williams pasted helpless Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-0, while the second-seeded former No. 1 Sharapova decided against playing seventh-seeded Italian favorite Sara Errani in a rematch of last year's French Open final, which was won http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1085147.html Maria Sharapova will not win a third straight Italian Open after withdrawing from the French Open tune-up on Friday because of illness. Sharapova reached the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 pasting of American Sloane Stephens on Thursday, but said Friday she was unable to continue because of a problem that started last week in Madrid. "I'm sorry for having to withdraw from the tournament this morning," said Sharapova on her Twitter account. " http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/1084844.html Red-hot Serena Williams, two-time reigning champion Maria Sharapova and Belarusian star Victoria Azarenka were a trio of easy third-round winners Thursday at the $2.37 million Italian Open, a clay- court French Open tune-up. The world No. 1 American star Williams dismantled helpless 14th-seeded Slovak Dominika Cibulkova 6-0, 6-1 in only 66 minutes. The 2002 Rome titlist Williams, fresh off her clay-court title in Madrid last week, has now