Birmingham. Venus Williams will fight Jiang Wang for reaching the quarter-finals
American tennis player Venus Williams overcame the barrier of the first round of the tournament in Birmingham, beating belorussian Aliaksandra Sasnovich – 6/3, 6/4.
For 1 hour 21 minutes of the match, the 55th racket of the world, 39-year-old Venus, implemented four break points, made one ace and five double faults. 25-year-old Sosnovich, who is in 36th place in the WTA ranking, took the opponent’s bid twice, made one ace and four double faults. Previously between the athletes have not met.
.@Venuseswilliams wins her #NatureValleyClassic debut!
She takes out Sasnovich, 6-3, 6-4 💪 pic.twitter.com/uBzaDfTGpk
— wta (@WTA) June 19, 2019
In the second round of the Nature Valley Open, Williams competed with China’s Wang Qiang, who beat American Lauren Davis, 6/3, 6/2.
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