Melbourne: Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams beat Alize Cornet of France 6-3, 6-3 Wednesday to advance to a third-round match against Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open.
The 25th-seeded Williams took advantage of a double-fault on set point by Cornet to take the lead, then fought back from a service break down in the second set to win in 1 hour, 17 minutes.
Sharapova, last year's finalist here, has not dropped a game in posting double-bagel wins over her opponents in the first two rounds, including Misaki Do of Japan on Wednesday.
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Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former World No. 1 American tennis player who, as of May 11, 2009, is ranked World No. 3. She has won the Wimbledon singles title the last two years and is the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open doubles cham ...
Alizé Cornet (born 22 January 1990 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France) is a female tennis player from France and the current French number one. She has a career-high ranking of #11, achieved on 16 February 2009; as of May 18, 2009, she is ranke ...
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