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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2023
Venus prevails in opening Cincinnati match

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Reuters
13 August, 2019, 10:30 am
Last modified: 13 August, 2019, 10:30 am

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Venus prevails in opening Cincinnati match

Wild card Williams won 7-5 6-2 on centre court as she maintained her streak of never having lost a set to Davis, having beaten her four times.

Reuters
13 August, 2019, 10:30 am
Last modified: 13 August, 2019, 10:30 am
FILE PHOTO: Aug 2, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Venus Williams (USA) hits a shot during practice before the start of the Rogers Cup at the Aviva Centre. Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Aug 2, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Venus Williams (USA) hits a shot during practice before the start of the Rogers Cup at the Aviva Centre. Reuters

Former world number one Venus Williams moved through the first round of the Cincinnati Masters when she defeated compatriot Lauren Davis in straight sets on Monday.

Wild card Williams won 7-5 6-2 on centre court as she maintained her streak of never having lost a set to Davis, having beaten her four times.

Venus Williams is onto R2 in Cincy after a 7-5, 6-2 win.

Next up: defending champion Kiki Bertens.#USOpenSeries | @CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/pvu6dA3nqe— USTA (@usta) August 12, 2019

Williams fended off seven of the eight break points she faced, and won 61% of points when returning the Davis second serve.

Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich earlier won three set matches.

Putintseva defeated Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-2 7-6(3) 6-3 and Sasnovich beat Astra Sharma of Australia 6-1 4-6 6-1.

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