the American venus williamswinner of seven Grand Slams and former world number one, came back from 1-4 in the first set and 1-5 in the second on Monday to defeat the Russian. Veronika Kudermetovaworld number 16, to advance to the second round of the Cincinnati WTA 1,000.
venus williamscurrently number 533 in the WTA rankings, signed a new victory in her legendary career by recovering from a difficult start in the same set of her first round match against the Cincinnati central, which gave her a standing ovation at the end of the fight.
williams he was down two breaks in the first set but came back strong and converted all three of his break opportunities to win five straight games and win the set 6-4.
In the second set, they started 0-4 and trailed 1-5. He overturned two set balls with 3-5 in the light and ended up linking six consecutive games to advance in the round.
The American player achieved his first victory against a rival part of the top-20 ranking in the last four years and continued his journey in a tournament he faced for the tenth time in his career and where his best result was the semifinal of 2012.
His opponent in the second round will be the winner of the Chinese rivalry Quinwen Zhengnumber 24 in the world, and the Russian Aliaksandra Sasnovichnumber 74.
Source: La Verdad
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