Venus wins Quebec City WTA opener
Francoise Abanda of Canada returns to Venus Williams of the United States during the first round of the Banque Nationale tennis tournament in Quebec City on Tuesday.
AFP, Quebec City :
US top seed Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the WTA tournament at Quebec City on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 triumph over Canada’s Francoise Abanda.
The 19th-ranked American, coming off a third-round exit at the US Open, connected on only 59 percent of her first serves but won three-quarters of those points, including five aces, on the way to dispatching her 17-year-old rival in 85 minutes.
