Just weeks after we wondered about the silence in Venus Williams' love life, we have it pretty much confirmed that a new boyfriend is there, while in May Serena Williams said that past breakups and heartaches have put so much emotional burden on her that she's not ready date for another decade, but there is serious photo proof that a romance with her coach is going on.

According to People, Venus has been dating Cuban model Elio Alberto Pis, who is eight years her junior, for several months now. The relationship rumors started swirling during the US Open, when Pis was there supporting Venus from the stands. The two were also seen holding hands and kissing in the corridors of Arthur Ashe Stadium. The 24-year-old Pis currently lives in Miami. He graduated psychology at the Florida International University two years ago, but is no stranger to modeling and he even posed with Venus for her clothing line EleVen.

Only four months ago Serena stated "I have given up on dating" and now she's spotted in France, hugging with her French adviser Patrick Mouratoglou, 42, head of the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy. Serena trained at the academy after her first-round loss at Roland Garros in May. Read more »

Grand Slam are always the most exciting venues for tennis glamour and the US Open is the unofficial fashion queen of all the four majors, so let's see what the best brands put on their brightest WTA stars.

Let's start this fashion overview with maybe not the biggest fashion star, but definitely the player who marked this US Open – Kim Clijsters, whose inspiring career has come to a close at her favorite tournament where she had lifted the trophy three times. To honor the Belgian's last event, her clothing sponsor Fila produced a special collection with a symbolic star pattern.

Ana Ivanovic (who reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal since her title win at Roland Garros 2008), Angelique Kerber (last year's semifinalist) and Laura Robson (besides Clijsters, the biggest story of the tournament) were all sporting Adidas Adizero. The bright yellow Adidas outfits may have ruled the US Open courts, and the three players mentioned here all played the fourth round, but the next brand we'll cover is clothing all the four semifinalists!

Of course, it's Nike! Champion Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova traditionally have both day and night dresses. Serena wore navy and pink with lime details, while Sharapova went for more subtle tones – liquid pink and solid dark without many loud contrasts.

PREVIOUS US OPEN FASHION OVERVIEWS

2011 - A look at the beautiful colors at Flushing Meadows
2010 - Fashion hits and misses of tennis in New York

Victoria Azarenka and Sara Errani prefer separates. The world No.1 is popping in a yellow and black combination, while the Italian, sharing the look with Julia Goerges, wore a pleated navy skirt with pink and yellow stripes and a tank. Read more »

Unexpectedly, it was Venus Williams who continued to progress at the Western & Southern Open, while Serena Williams fell in the quarterfinals, ending her 19-match winning streak with only her fourth defeat of the season.

Serena came to Cincinnati having won 36 of her last 37 matches, but her quarterfinal opponent, Angelique Kerber, was too solid, winning both of her two break point opportunities, while Serena's conversion remained 0%. Serena was 21% better than Kerber on first serve points won, but only 48% of her first serves went in, while she hit just four aces. Kerber, who has played at least the quarterfinals in 12 of 17 tournaments this year, will face Petra Kvitova in the semis. Kvitova is also on a winning streak, 8-0, having won Montreal and now three matches in Cincinnati, her last one a 6-3 7-6(4) victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Venus beat Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 for her first semifinal of the year. Venus cruised through the first set, then didn't lose hope after losing the 61-minute second set and wasting the opportunity to serve it out at 5-2 in the third, completing the match while serving at 5-4 in the deciding  set. Next for Venus is Li Na, who took out top seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 6-1.

Additional info: Excited about their triumphs at Wimbledon and the Olympic Games, the Williams sisters will team up for women's doubles at the  US Open.

Fashion info:  Stosur was wearing a custom Asics tennis dress. A dress of the similar cut will be available in 2013, while the orange and gray print will not be available for worldwide customers. (photo: © Neal Trousdale)

This spring Venus Williams relaunched her clothing line EleVen, that had suffered due to the bankruptcy of its initial exclusive retailer Steve & Barry's. The American is now making another step forward, taking her EleVen sportswear to New York Fashion Week.

Venus is still fresh off her Olympic women’s doubles golden success, but we know she is planning an unconventional show for September 12, while the exact location is yet to be determined.

I'm not sure of the exact location because I just got back from the Olympics. I'm still getting updated. Who am I? Where am I? Why?

Five years ago Venus received an associate degree in Fashion Design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

Today, Venus advanced to the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open, beating seventh seed Sara Errani 6-3 6-0 in the third round. Seed No.3 Samantha Stosur is awaiting Venus in the quarterfinals.

Have a look at our yearly overviews of Venus' EleVen designs in 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008. Note that in 2012 Venus has given up the infamous lace, fringe and awkward designs, directing the path of her brand towards more elegant and toned-down style.

• 2011: shocking EleVen dresses and wardrobe malfunctions
• 2010 EleVen fashion focus
• EleVen line throughout 2009 season
• All Venus Williams’ 2008 EleVen outfits

(source: Zimbio, photo: © Neal Trousdale)

Venus and Serena Williams both won their Tuesday's matches at the Western and Southern Open – Venus battling past the London Olympic singles semifinalist Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 in the first round and Serena, gold medalist in singles, beating Eleni Daniilidou 6-3 6-4 in the second. In the post-match interview, Venus revealed that her goal is to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 and she would play even if crippled, while Serena, winner of 44 titles, couldn't believe that the Cincinnati title is not in her résumé.

At present, Venus is dealing much better with her Sjögren's syndrome and the 32-year-old is nowhere near ending her career:

I'm very excited about Rio. That will probably be my last one. By that time I'll be creeping up in age. That would be an awesome career. I figure I'm going to spend more time retired than pro, so while I'm here I'm going to go for it. If I'm on one leg and I get to Rio, that's great, too. That's my whole goal: continue to work on my health and stay as healthy as possble – if that happens, I believe I can get to Rio.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Venus won women's doubles gold with Serena.

Here's how the younger sister got lost in the numbers:

I've won this tournament. I have. When it wasn't this big. But it counts. I did win this tournament, didn't I?

Maybe I didn't. I can't keep up. I don't think I did. Okay, whoops. Yeah, I didn't win this tournament. I thought I did. I really thought I did.

So many titles, who wouldn't lose track! (photos courtesy of Moo's Tennis Blog)

I came across a web page of Randy Walker, who used to be a press officer for the US Tennis Association Player Development program in the mid 1990s, and in a dusty box in his mother's house he recently found biographical questionnaire forms that Serena and Venus Williams filled in 1993 at a USTA Player Development training camp. The info was collected to help Randy get publicity for the young players in the local and national papers. Let's see how the little Williamses responded.

*Childhood photos of the Williams sisters*

SERENA – 12-year-old

Best shot and strength: Forehand cross court, backhand down line, crosscourt
Began playing tennis (age, year, place, story or anecdotes): 4 years, 1985 or 1986, Compton, CA
School honors and grade average: Good… math, writing and others
Future plans (College, Professional): Professional
Tennis goals: To become No.1 in the world
Major tournament victories, tournament results: Sectionals, stopped playing tournaments for almost 3 years
Best wins: Sectionals CA
Role model: Me, Serena
Interests outside tennis: Gymnastics, track, swimming, others Read more »

In a rematch of their recent Wimbledon doubles final, the Williams sisters again defeated Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to become the first tennis players in history to win four Olympic gold medals – they have won three doubles gold medals and each of them has won the singles gold (Venus in Sydney in 2000 and Serena just yesterday in London).

The unseeded Williamses held 34 of 36 service games in beating three seeded teams, among others, en route to the final in which they confidently defeated seeds No.4 Hlavackova and Hradecka 6-4 6-4. Read more »

Kim Clijsters will likely end her career with a perfect 6-0 record against fellow Grand Slam champion and former No.1 Ana Ivanovic. In their today's encounter at the London Olympics, Clijsters won 84% of points on first serve (69% of her first serves got in) and defeated the 11th-seeded Ivanovic 6-3 6-4 in just 58 minutes, despite hitting 10 winners less than the Serb. The third-round victory came pretty smoothly to Clijsters and only in the beginning of the second set she faced bigger challenges, when double faults at 0-1 eased Ivanovic's way to break points. However, Clijsters saved them, held her serve and finished the match without losing service games.

Venus Williams wasted three set points and a 5-1 lead in the first-set tiebreak, while in the second set she blew a 3-1 lead to fall to this year's Wimbledon semifinalist Angelique Kerber 7-6(5) 7-6(5). Kerber is making her Olympic debut, while Venus is looking for a record fourth gold medal in the Olympic tennis, which she still has a shot at thanks to the women's doubles alongside sister Serena.

Serena Williams lost just one game, 6-1 6-0, in the third round against Vera Zvonareva (the only women's singles medalist from the Bejing Olympics who played this year, as Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina have retired), Petra Kvitova beat Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-0, Victoria Azarenka, after saving set points, advanced with a straight-set victory over Nadia Petrova 7-6(6) 6-4, and Maria Kirilenko took out Julia Goerges 7-6(5) 6-3. (source: The Washington Post, photo: © Neal Trousdale)