serena williams is a 13-time grand slam champion. she has has 12 titles in women's doubles. lost in the fourth run in wimbledon after a layoff because of a foot injury. she says she is humbled by the opportunity to give back. >> you know, it's really cool. you come out and help the kids or watch them play, and you never know what one kid or two kids or however many kids you can ultimately influence. it's awesome to be back. i love playing for the castles, and i love playing for the city, and i love this city. and it's so beautiful and now we're right on the water. so it's just amazing place, and amazing stadium and it's great. >> serena williams making her debut tonight for the castles, her season debut, trying to go to 3 and 0. you know what i love about serena williams and her sister, they give back to the community, it's not just about them, trying to help out and have some fun, too. >> and whatten opportunity. >> how cool for those kids. hey, mom, i played tennis today with serena williams. >> thanks, hakem. >>> coming up, how someo what makes the sleep number store diff

serena williams should be a good match-up in palo alto tomorrow. to golf. we got the senior u.s. good is this? boom! right in the cup. that's a great shot for eagle. 1 more. the leader, brown. here he is. why is he the leader of this event? because of shots like that. how about that one? he leads the tournament 7 under par. tiger woods tweeted that after 11 weeks due to injury he will be playing next week at the bridge stone invitational, a tournament he won 7 times in his career. tiger woods, he had his troubles on and off the course. he says next week, you will see me on the course. >> we will see what happens. have a good night everybody. we will look for you tomorrow. have a good night. turn left. you have arrived. sweet belt. e-reader for textbooks. gps. hd video cam for lectures. game pad. have you ever considered this ? it's got all that and more than 200,000 apps. technology to learn and play on-the-go. only at verizon. buy one droid 3 by motorola, the thinnest full qwerty smartphone ever for $199.99, and get another one free. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lan

serena williams should be a good match-up in palo alto tomorrow. to golf. we got the senior u.s.. how good is this? boom! right in the cup. that's a great shot for eagle. 1 more. the leader, brown. here he is. why is he the leader of this event? because of shots like that. how about that one? he leads the tournament 7 under par. tiger woods tweeted that after 11 weeks due to injury he will be playing next week at the bridge stone invitational, a tournament he won 7 times in his career. tiger woods, he had his troubles on and off the course. he says next week, you will see me on the course. >> we will see what happens. have a good night everybody. we will look for you tomorrow. have a good night.

. >>> a tennis matchup tonight as serena williams battles. the giants pay tonight in cincinnati. veteran has giants with highlights and all the sports. he's next. >ú >>> baseball up top and the giants going extras. at the reds tonight, willis lasted six inning, scattered six hits, allowed a couple runs. he pitched pretty well. here's the story here. >> into left center field. >> fly ball to the gap. around from first is aubrey huff. reds had a 3-2 lead. now it's tied up at 3 all around. 10th inning, reds could have won it right here. right off the bat. one out, okay. sheer hold catches it for out number two and punches out joey at the plane with three. that was a huge double play to end the 10th. this one goes to the 13th inning. that is edgar. one time giant. world series mvp from last year and he drops it on the chalk of right field to bring home the winning run and the rest get the best of san francisco 4-3 tonight in a thriller, brian wilson just couldn't close tonight. the giants wish they had scoring like the a's. off the bat of one guy

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on hand to see serena williams playing a sanction event. serena is a member of the american tassels. they take on the boston lobsters. sernea gets the return and she teams with hobbs to win her match. >>> speaking of beating boston, the o's will try again tomorrow night. it's getting ugly. >> it is, thank you mark. >> it's the all important questi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> there was magic in the air in london. the final harry potter had its world premier. the stars walked the red carpet and signed photographs. many of them camped out the entire week. the eighth potter movie brings the curtain down on a series which has grossed $6.5 billion. u.s. premier is july 15th. >>> in florida a group of women got their wedding dresses courtesy of charmin. that's right these creations are made of toilet paper. the winner said it took four rolls, that's not a lot. and some hot glue. she went home plush with a thousand dollars cash prize. [ mr. clopper ] i don't talk to them as much as cindy does... good morning chickens! [ jim ] you know, that's our bu

will not cut haynesworth because he doesn't want to give him his wish. >>> tennis last night, serena williams making her debut for the castles. for once, she was not the most powerful woman in the room. the first lady with sasha and malia. serena not quite back to 100%. she won all three of her events. winning a breaker over coco van vandaway. i'm brett haber. have a great friday, everybody. >>> coming up, we'll take a look at just how much more your monthly budget is going to be going to food. >> a bill to allow some illegal immigrants to pay instate tuition. here's angie. >> hello, commuters. 395 drivers are moving the speed from the mixing bowl past shirlington. your d.c. drive, that's up next in my next traffic report. that's coming up shortly. tgif. you're watching 9news now. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lay on one of those, if you want a soft bed you can lay on one of those." we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. this is your body

a marquis match up and it is serena williams and maria sharapova. and hammering the return. we saw the power and again on the serve and a little finesse. is you sharapova with no chance. 6-3 and 6-1 and into the semifinals. she will be in the semifinal. >> nice to see serena back and doing well. >> and healthy. and finally healthy. had a very rough injury. >> i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. have a great weekend and we will see you on monday. [ female announcer ] what's so great about jcp cash? no exclusions! with jcp cash, earn ten dollars off when you spend just twenty-five storewide. and unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get ten dollars off with no exclusions! we make style affordable, you make it yours! jcpenney. no exclusions! with jcp cash, earn ten dollars off when you spend just twenty-five storewide. and unlike other stores,

tomorrow night back in d.c., the castles will have her sister serena williams. the castles take on the boston lobsters. >> between pays and williams, there's a whole lot of doubles titles there. >> yes, there is, mr. vance. >> thanks. >> makes me hot just looking at it. >>> up next, a thief reminding >>> the dalai lama celebrated his 76th birthday with thousands of people at the verizon center in downtown washington this morning. it was day one of an 11-day trip for the exiled spiritual leader. he spoke of world peace and nonviolence to followers visiting washington from all over the world. following the event, hundreds took to the street in unity waving tibetan and american flags. >>> the police in san francisco are hoping this picture will lead them to the man who walked into an art gallery and stole a picasso. it's the 1965 drawing. it's worth several hundred thousand dollars. the security camera outside a pub down the street from the gallery caught this shot of a man. authorities believe the guy just walked into the gallery, snatched the drawing off the -dad,

. >>> share pow vas the highest see the remaining, serena williams is still the most accomplished playerthe field. she needed just 69 minutes to beat sharapova and advanced the semimy finals as she continues her comeback from foot surgery. it's amazing she was even out there. she had a blood clot in her lung. just amazing she believe to get back so quickly. >> she looks great. i think she's back. >> i would agree with you. >> all ,,,,,,,,,,,,

she will take on serena williams or another player in tomorrow's championship match. >>> everyone lookingirdies at the women's british open. 18 holes away from the biggest win of her career. she shoots a 68 to get to 15 under. last year's winner is two strokes back. >>> the putter has bailed out owen brown in more ways at the u.s. senior open. sinks the birdie just off the green at 18. he is now 15 under for the tournament which is a senior open record. 54 holes. >>> making history this afternoon at infineon. qualified for a record 139th time. the 62-year-old will go for his second straight win tomorrow during the elimination round. his son-in-law robert hiatt will be the number 2 seed. >>> fans can meet the first lady of drag racing who after all these years is still one of the sports biggest stars. >> a lot of racers will go to the n.h.r.a. quietly out of ear shot and complain that my autograph lines are interfering with their pit space. just another excuse to complain but that's pretty much how it is. and they will stand for an hour and wait for that one signature. >> they made a movie

. >>> here is how little tennis serena williams has played recently.when she takes the court tonight it will be her first match in the united states since august of '09. but her two-year odyssey of health issues is now over and after returning last month in england she will replace her big sister against boston. ranking down to 175 in the world opponents don't treat her like 175. >> i just draw my strength from my ability to always want to play hard and do well. and i always say never give up and always try. but you have to really believe it and for real never give up. >> she is in great shape right now. finally tonight the marlins had a walkoff home run last night to beat the phillys. when you're in last place your celebration gets a little rusty. logan morrison totally misses on the gatorade dump so then hanley ramirez goes for the pie. whiffs on the pie. thenit is dropped on the grounds. brett hayes nailed them with a fourth. you've got to celebrate that. >> that's it for us. have a great night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email:

that is one spot ahead of serena williams who is 175 due to injury. serena making her debut for the washington nationals. for once she was not the most powerful woman in the room. the first lady along with sasha and malia checking out the match. she did play well enough to win all three of her events. women's doubles, mixed and then to finish it off with the singles in a breaker over vandaway. castles win 25-10. they're now 3-0. football news one man 's trash is another man's treasure. the eagles want albert haynesworth badly. shanahan is holding out for a second round pick. he will not cut haynesworth. >> they must not want him that badly. >> nobody wants him that badly. let's do our weekly look at the excellent and not so accident. the good, the bad and the ugly for july 7th. we start with the good. best commemoration of a catch. the orioles scott commits grand larceny to rob matt halladay, so the next day they mark the scene of the crime with luke's outline complete with his number 30. that's an awfully long arm. >> with the glove kind of reaching o

bank of the west classic as stanford and serena williams in her third event of the year. 6-0 and 6-0. alex smith has agreed to a 1-year deal to return to the 49ers. the question now is will he have competition? smith can't resign until friday, but it has reported that the former number one pick has agreed to $5 million. he showed a lot of leadership during the lockout. if anybody can revitalize smith's career. it might be the new head coach jim harbaugh. alex will be back, but are the niners going to bring in another vet for competition or insurance? long-time seahawk matt hasselbeck not going back to seattle and supposedly talkingwith the 9ers and titans. will the 49ers sign smith and hasselbeck? we will find out. spikes is going to the chargers. spikes is an asset on and off the field with the niners topping 100 tackles and he was a great mentor for patrick willis, 14-year veteran. he has never made the playoffs. 49ers opened camp this morning at 7:00 a.m. somebody let him in, please. a lot of the niners had not even met harbaugh until today. walker getting acquainted. >> we just sm

number three, bank of the west classic, serena williams in three sets.ill play maria scherr sharipova in the finals. the throw from the outfield. and at number one, opening day, exgame 17. steve mccann doing his evil kanevil. he would win the gold medal in the bmx big air. i don't know, remember 1969, people don't know this. it was actually allen martin's first gig. you remember this? you reported on the jump at cesar's palace and it was reminiscent of that crash tonight. >> except for he was -- >> evil kanevil ,,,,,,,,,,,,

serena williams will be making her season debut for the castles. >>> women's world cup soccer, the u.sd sweden. both teams already qualified for the quarterfinal. u.s. down 1-0. a free kick. it's a flex off amy lapelvelt. it's 2-0 sweden. fast forward 67th minute corner kick for the u.s. abby wombach deflects it in, but the americans suffered a first group loss 2-1. sweden wins the group. next up brazil in the quarterfinals. >>> last night the 69-year-old dave the bullet smith sr. loads himself to be shot out of a canon. what is wrong with this man? this is a promotion for the lowell spinners, the red sox single-a affiliate and the former schoolteacher soars 195 feet over the wall for a human home run landing in the net. he wasn't hurt, but i don't know how smart he is. according to several sources close to the nfl labor talks, there is no agreement by early next week, the start of preseason will be in jeopardy. i'm cave feldman. have a good night. lawyer -- dave feldman. have a good night. laura is back after this. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a bi

number three, bank of the west classic, serena williams in three sets. she will play maria scherr sharipova in the finals. the throw from the outfield. and at number one, opening day, exgame 17. steve mccann doing his evil kanevil. he would win the gold medal in the bmx big air. i don't know, remember 1969, people don't know this. it was actually allen martin's first gig. you remember this? you reported on the jump at cesar's palace and it was reminiscent of that crash tonight. >> except for he was -- >> evil kanevil didn't fair as well. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. tomorrow morning at 4-30. tomorrow morning at 4-30.

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serena williams needed just 59 minutes to beat sabine lisicki. >>> looking for birdies at the open.68 to get to 15 under. last year's winner sang is two strokes back. >>> the putter bailed out owen brown at more ways than one at the u.s. senior open. he sinks the birdie from just off the green at 18. brown shoots a 65 and is now 15 under for the tournament which is a senior open record through 54 holes. >>> john forest made history today this afternoon at infineon. qualifying first for a record 139 times. the 62-year-old will go for his second straight tomorrow. his son-in-law robert hiatt will be the number 2 seed. >>> finally the earthquakes have not lost in three months but former quake scoring twice in the second half to lead united to a 2-0 victory. san jose has only one win in their last 10 matches. we will have to wait and see tomorrow what happens with the as and a lot of rumors out there about rich harden and josh willingham and coco crisp. we will have to see if those guys remain in oakland. >> keep our fingers crossed. we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, francisco

. >>> serena williams advancing to the quarterfinals.he will take on maria sharapova tomorrow night. a battle of two former number 1 players. 11 p.m. roberta gonzales is going to do her loud scream that maria sharapova does that frustrates everybody. that's at 11 p.m. you'll want to stick around for that. >> when did eva longoria start playing baseball? >> well, he/she sure can hit that ball a long way. >> good night. >> captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com ,, [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it.

wouldn't normally get the attention of the first lady, but when the 175th player in the world is serena williams, everyone in town including michelle obamame wants a ticketo see her play. an injury that kept her out for nearly a year and her early exit at wimbledon. tonight serena making her season debut for the castles. i can't believe that she's ranked 175th in the world. take on the boston lobsters. michelle obama in the house with her two daughters, very nice. she nadwell worth it for everybody. mixed doubles with partner in the near court. serena puts a smash while avoiding touching the net and she and pace win the doubles. a 20-6 advantage. in women's singles, serena doing well here, too. serena in the far corner. she wins in point. vannaway comes to the match. castles dominate the boston lobsters, 25-10. the castles start the season 3-0 for the second straight year. >> with a name like boston lobsters, everybody's going to dominate you. >> yes, i love it. >> seafood. >>> up next a local >>> a well-known kidnapping victim will soon serve as an expert commentator on missing persons and chil

and is now former women's world number one serena williams produced a straight set demolition of sabine lisicki to reach the final at the bank of the west classic in her first final since coming back after a life threatening injury a year long lay offs or have plummeted to one hundred sixty nine in the rankings but she's now playing like the serener of old eating the german six one six two in california after thrashing maria sharapova in the quarterfinals serena won eighty two percent of her first set point against the sixty and waiting in the final is frenchwoman marion bartoli who defeated slovakia's dominique it's a goalkeeper. and finally one of the world's highest paid ice hockey stars you have getting arkin is celebrating his twenty fifth birthday this sunday here in the russian capital while recovering after a serious knee injury and concerns him but up north went to congratulate him and wish him a speedy recovery. you game out that stanley cup winner in the russian household name is now going from one of the longest and toughest he reads in his life then h.l. starr nicknamed gen

now the former women's tennis number one serena williams has hit full she is in the final of the bank of the west classic in california first final since coming back after a year long injury layoff that saw her plummet to one hundred sixty nine in the rankings but she's playing like the serena of old now beating germany's to be in this game six one sixteen in the semi's and that after demolishing richer out of a in the course is serena winning eighty two percent of the points waiting in a final it's frenchwoman marion bartoli who defeated slovak is dominique said book about. i was there think of wimbledon but it is a new mantles a whole new feel. what i do really well. i look forward to it i look forward to it i know i'd expect to have played in a while but for a player imbalance. only one very grand prix gets underway in just over an hour's time of sebastian vettel on pole and gunning for his seventh when the season the red bull driver edging out the plans lewis hamilton to take front spot on the grid jenson button starts in the other mclaren and ferrari three for massa joins him on

ten is now in for more women's world number one serena williams produced a straight set demolition of serena lisicki to reach the final of the west classic her first final since coming back after a life threatening injury a year long layoff so her plummets to one hundred sixty nine rankings but she's now playing like the serener of old beating the german six one six two in california after thrashing racial wrap of the in the quarterfinals three no one eighty two percent of her son went against the sixty rating in the final is french were not marion bartoli defeated slack is probably quite simple cover up and finally on saturday we saw how n.h.l. netminder golf was given not his time to coach youngsters in his native russia well he also spoke about life in the n.h.l. where he joined the philadelphia flyers to become the league's highest paid goaltender and he's looking forward to the challenge. philadelphia it's are very successful i've been using. the heaviest that billeted video ownership yet they have all the sports some highest goal in hockey perspective and always wants to win the

if only i had the bank account of serena williams, serena will be playing here, but not until thursdays into town tomorrow. her sister venus is the main attraction tonight. she will take the court behind me in just a little bit. it's going to be a great night down here, new stadium by the wharf, a lot of action. >> there's such an energy. all the rules for tennis go out, and they just have fun out there. >> they have a blast. but it's very serious for them too. it's tough, they come in, and get right to the grind and they go. >> big names this year, lindsay, thanks so much. >>> here's what we're working on for news 4 at 6:00 tonight. >> welcome back. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, we are continuing to follow the casey anthony verdict, the florida mother has been found not guilty of killing her young daughter. we'll go live to orlando with new reaction from the parents of casey anthony. >>> dramatic rescues in china as mudslides create flooding. ♪ >>> have you seen these guys yet? some dancers are showing off their fancy footwork during your commute. those stories and coming up tonight a

serena williams took part in a tennis match with some area youngsters. she most recently came back for wimbledon. she decided to forgo a tournament in hungry and sweden to play here. it is a sold-out match tonight. from one champion to another of a very different kind, if you think you down a lot of barbecue this be, you have not heard about joey chesnutt. he took his talents from coney island to a bethesda today. >> already. >> the jury chestnut found out today that acting does not go down as easily as hot dogs. >> i love to eat. >> he was in bethesda shooting a commercial for a local it company. he is the world's top dog when it comes to eating bread monday, he won nathan's famous fourth of july contest. >> by wednesday, i was feeling pretty good. the day after the contest, it is rough. i am drunk on hot dogs. >> 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. >> my record in competition is 68. >> crude does that? >> i do not know. the next day, you are probably feeling portable. >> hot dogs may be his bread- and-butter but nothing beats his mother's cooking. >> he has won

come on the water taxi, so it is exciting and the team is terrific, venus, certificate ser -- serena williams, they are the team to beat this season. >> if you don't come out for a home match you are missing out. venus was here the other night everybody loves her and even though the castles have only been around four years now, why do you thing it is the castles are able to set the bar. world team tennis has been around for awhile. >> it has, 36 seasons, i think what the organization has done is built tremendous money douse -- they want the very -- tremendous, they want the very best for washington when they came the this market they decided they wanted to be a winner it is fantastic we have a draw, washington was a new team they got the draw quite high up and they have continued to build. i think every player wants to play for washington dc it is a great city, international, and there is so much going on here so i think a lot of things you know coming to play but i do think it is the ownership and also the comradery they won their world team tennis king trophy, second season and i know they

serena williams with a win.ill meet marianne bartoli, she advanced when her semi- final opponent withdrew. >> >> jim harbaugh waited a long time to get his hands on ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ah. [ female announcer ] using less never felt so good. we all go... why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. >>> nhra drags weekend, a favorite. besides signing autographs, john force made history. he is in the far lane and on this run will actually be beaten by his teammate. he did claim the top qualifies spot for funny cars, 139th time he has been a top qualifier, breaking the career record he previously held with warren johnson. >> >> nascar's nationwide series warming up before tomorrow's brick yard 400. elli

serena williams and maria sharapova. all serena. you saw the power there.the serve and then watch the feather touchback shot. serena would cruise in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 and she has not lost to maria sharapova since 2004. more highlights and all baseball on the news at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. have a great weekend everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next at 8:30 a warning from the highway patrol, bay bridge drivers are heating up on the chp and is cracking down. [ female announcer ] every box of general mills big g cereals can help your kids' scho get extra stuff. ♪ like musical instrents. ♪ and new art supplies. ♪ because they're e only cereals with box tops for education. last year, schools earned over ten million dollars from big g cereals. you can raise money foyour kids' school. look for this logo... only on big g cereals. you can make a difference. >>> welcome back everyone. >> despite the deadlock on how to reduce the deficit, president obama says in his weekly address that republicans and democrats are not that far apart. the countdown to tuesday's deadlin

and the case for williams, after a long rally, selena will put away the forehand and serena williamss 16 to two and advance to play. she had to fight for it, but she won in three sets. pam was with me when i started and she is not with me now. >> what happened? >> she left me. but i would take that. that is fine. >> after the break, and we will talk movies will be right back. >> several new movies hitting theaters this weekend we will start with cowboys and aliens. >> for someone to tell everyone i saw two great movies this summer so i'm feeling pretty good. page one inside of the new york times, you need to see this is great. the woody allen film is absolutely superb, but let us talk about a movie so bad that it is good. this is called cowboys versus aliens of saddle up for one of the most buzz are camping rods it could this isn't shame meets war of the world's me to blazing saddles. now a cowboys wakes up with amnesia what happens he has a great haircut and a great new piece of jewelry, it must mean the aliens are coming, but what is so great is harrison ford, a grouchy guy in real

serena williams will please francis williams bartoli at noon. that's at stanford. last night the giants made another move ahead of today's trade deadline to try to bolster the team. here's schu with the details and highlights from last night's loss to the reds in this morning's sports. >> good morning. the giants veteran infielder, orlando cabrera to cleveland in exchange for thomas neal. cabrera won a world series for the red sox in 2004 has experience and will probably start at shortstop for the g-men. meanwhile reds on the ledger yesterday. bumgarner, not his best outing. the pitch are rocked in the first. down 3-0. bases juiced for jay bruce. two-rbi single. top of five. sandoval facing leak. see ya. 450 feet. his 11th of the year. and johnathan on the board hoping they can limit the damage but things got out of control. bumgarner gives up 6 earned runs, 4 innings. doesn't bother backing up the plate. schierholtz' throw goes wild. tough day, losing their second and 7-2, the final. >>> believe it or not the a's have the league's top batting. average since the al

serena williams will meet bartoli at noon in the finals at stanford.rning, giants shortstop went to fresno after acquiring a new short stop. here are the details. >> giants acquired orlando cabrera from cleveland in exchange for out fielder thomas neil. he won a world series with the red sox and probably stop as short stop for the g-men. madison bumgarner not his begs outing, rocking the first. two r.b.i. single, five in the first. pablo sandoval, see ya! 3450 feet. 11th of the year, hoping that madison can limit the damage. things got out of control. he gives up six runs in four innings. here backing up the play. they loses their second straight 7-2 the final. >>> believe it or not a's have the league's top batting average highest on base percentage and fewest strikeouts. they continued the trend against the twins. and michael throwing the other way. one scores, he is not so lucky and gunned down at second. 1-0 twins. now to the second 2-2. and he sends one into the gap. goes around to the third, one of 12 hits on the night. bottom of the fifth, twins

. >>> and serena williams and maria sharapova. the west bank quarterfinals. easily won the first set, serena. you saw the power of serena there on the serve. then watch the feathery punch. and she would crews past sharapova to the win. she has not lost to her since 2004 and failed to beat her in the semifinals. we will have those highlights and plus all the baseball on the news at five, six and eleven. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> next, a warning from the highway patrol. bay bridge drivers are intoing up so the chp is cracking down. >> i'm in sacramento. if you receive unemployment checks, that debt ceiling fight in washington d.c. could abruptly stop your benefits if it's not resolved soon. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. ♪ fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies ♪ new fiber one 90 calorie brownies. in the granola bar aisle. >> welcome back. and based on what we see and hear in public from the leaders of both parties, a

five for venus williams, four for serena williams. but in the last year, especially from serena, she won this so easily last year. she's barely played since then. they've had juries, they've had illness. when they got here frankly they were both full of rust and they couldn't kick it loose in time. normally they could work their way into a tournament but they both placed quality players in the fourth round and they both got knocked out. it's not that big a surprise. clearly they have tremendous grass court games. they just weren't warmed up enough to make a go of it. now maria sharapova is the odds-on favorite. she plays a lefty czech. you might be reminded of martina navratilova a little bit. even though she doesn't volley the way her idol does. she's a very good player. >> it's going to be exciting to watch. of course seven years since sharapova was in the finals. you mentioned kvitova's newness to this level of the game. who has the more -- who has more nerves on which side is that going to be the harder hill to climb? >> see, that

. >>> and serena williams and maria sharapova. you saw the power of serena there on the serve.nch. and she crewed past sharapova to the win. we will have those highlights and all the baseball on the news at 5:00 p.m., six and eleven. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> coming up next at 5:30, a warning on the highway patrol. bay bridge drivers are speeding up and the chp is cracking down. >> if you receive unemployment checks, the debt ceiling fight could abruptly stop your benefits if it's time to rethink pet food, how it's made and how it keeps your pet healthy and active. innova is the leader in holistic pet food made with natural high-quality proteins, whole grains, and farm-fresh fruits and vegetables like apples and carrots to give your pet more out of every ingredient. and we make innova the way you'd make it, with everything they need and nothing they don't. innova is pet food made right, so you can feed them right. find it at your local pet store. >> welcome bark, everyone. despite the deadlock over how to reduce the nation's deficit as part of raising

. >>> in sports, serena williams will play at noon at stanford. last night the giants made another move ahead of today's trade deadline to bolster the team. here's mike shumann with the details and highlights from last night's loss to the reds in this morning's sports. >> good morning. the giants veteran infielder, orlando cabrera to cleveland in exchange for thomas kneel. cabrera has experience and will probably start at shortstop for the g-men. meanwhile reds on the ledger yesterday. the pitch are rocked in the first. down 3-0. bases juiced for jay bruce. two-rbi single. top of five. sandoval facing leak. see ya. and johnathan on the board hoping they can limit the damage but things got out of control. bumgarner gives up 6 earned runs, 4 innings. doesn't bother backping the plate. schierholtz' throw goes wild. tough day, losing their second and 7-2, the final. >>> believe it or not the a's have the league's top batting. >> since the all-star break, the hayest on-base percentage and the fewest strikeouts. they continued that trend against the twi

all serena williams hammering return. once first set easily. saw the power. again on the third. then the drop shot. maria can't do anything with. that serena cross ins straight set. that the semi. she has not lost to maria since 2004. finally u.s. men soccer team has new head coach. american hiring tl children's man today. former star player and coach for the german national tee. hiring comes day after the u.s. team fired bob bradley as coach. this was rumored to be taking place a year ago. apparently they couldn't come to terms with children's man at that point but decided to make a change. he's a terrific coach f.see if he can get usa fired up. >> even is exited to have him. >> they will be is that thanks larry. that does it for this edition of 7 news at 9:00 on coffee tv 20. for all of us here, thanks for joining us. love to see you at 11:00 over here, thanks for joining us. love to see you at 11:00 over on 7. good nature for now.

i went to see serena williams playing against some eastern european waif of a girl at wimbledon two years ago. it was utterly barbaric. it was like going back into sort of the old roman amphitheatre. i spoke to serena at a party about this and she was chuckling away. >> of course she was chuckling. >> yeah, i remember. i destroyed her. wow! how would you have got on against women who are so physically powerful? >> this generation is so much better. my brother is 6'3." i needed to be taller probably. you talk about serena, she could have been the greatest player of all time if she would play consistently and, she's had so many other thing she loves to do which is fine. and venus, both of them are just tremendous. >> for you finally, 50 years since your first victory at wimbledon. what has been the greatest moment of your life? >> you're really asking difficult questions. it depends, is it personal? is it career? is it -- winning 20 wimbledons was right up there. >> does anything beat the first one? >> actually not. i like mixed doubles best. then women's doubles and singles. for me winning

serena williams will play maria sharapova in the quarterfinals tonight. >>> the sea was angry, my friends[ indiscernible ] [ foreign language ] got her round started with a shot of the day. an eagle on the first hole. she finishes with a 66. leaving her four shots back. 22-year-old caroline mason has a one-stroke lead over indy park and mina lee through 36 holes. >>> :lebron james scored 33 points and put on a show in l.a.'s legendary drew summer league. no word of how many of those points came in the 4th quarter and, of course, lebron has already said he wouldn't take his talents to europe during the lockout he gets $30 million a year then doorsments so he doesn't need the money -- in endorsements so he doesn't opened into the money. >> maybe he can work on his dribbling and ball handling. >> just standing around watching. >> those leagues are going to become more popular now obviously with the lockout going on so. it's going to be a lot of focus on that. >> smith's football camp. >> camp alex. >>> see you at 10:00 and 11:00. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com don't wo

. >> when you watch modern female tennis, i went to see serena williams playing against some eastern aric. like going back to the old roman amphitheater. i spoke to serena at a party about this and she was chuck ling away. she goes i remember i destroyed her. i was like, wow. how would you have got on against women who are so physically powerful? >> this generation is so much better. my brother is 6'3". i needed to be taller, probably. but when you talk about serena, she could have been the greatest player of all-time if she would play consistently. but she's had so many other things she loves to do, which is fine. venus, both of them are just tremendous. >> for you, finally, 50 years since your first -- what's been the greatest moment of your life? >> it depends. is it personal, is it career? i think winning 20 wimbledons was right up there. >> is there anything beat the first one? >> actually not. >> that moment you clutched the -- >> actually not. i like mixed doubles best. more than singles. for me winning doubles in 1961, my very first year and here we are 50 years later? i loved