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 | Venus Williams qualifies for the second round at Eastbourne13-06-2011 |
American Venus Williams qualified for the second round of the tennis tournament in Eastbourne, after beating Germany's Andrea Petkovic with 7:5, 5:7, 6:3. Five times Wimbledon champion played their first match since January after the injury healed in the abdomen. Williams presented a surprisingly high level given the lack of game practice recently.
At first she walked with two double faults in the match, but after its end, said that the reason was the strong wind and the difficult adjustment to time.
In another first round match of the tournament placed under nomer7 Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Nadia Petrova (Russia) 6:1, 6:4, and 5 th Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) eliminated Anastasia Sevastova (Latvia) 5 : 7, 6:1, 6:3. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) deal with Jarmila Gaydoshova (Australia) with 7:6 (7:5), 7:5.