Venus Williams of United States hits a return shot to Elena Vesnina of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, August 28, 2008.
(REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
Venus strolls into third round
Venus Williams of United States hits a return shot to Elena Vesnina of Russia during their match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows in New York, August 28, 2008.
(REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
August 28, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venus Williams eased into the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday by demolishing Rossana De Los Rios of Paraguay 6-0 6-3 despite a lackluster performance sprinkled with unforced errors.
Williams, the U.S. Open winner in 2000 and 2001, did not get much of a workout in the 59-minute match against the 113-ranked De Los Rios, 32, who has never gone beyond the second round at Flushing Meadows.
The 28-year-old seventh seed, who won her fifth Wimbledon singles title in July, made 17 unforced errors and squandered four match points on her serve at 5-3 up before finally claiming victory on the fifth.
In the third round, Williams will meet Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine, the 27th seed who defeated Sabine Lisicki of Germany in three sets.
(Editing by Rex Gowar)
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