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SPORTS A17
Wednesday 30 September

Venus Williams NO SURE
wins 700th THING
match
of career Woods and Mickelson no shoo-ins for Ryder Cup team
at Wuhan
Open In this Aug. 11, 2015, file photo, Tiger
Woods watches his shot on the second
WUHAN, China (AP) — Ve- hole during a practice round for the
nus Williams earned the PGA Championship golf tournament at
700th victory of her career Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis.
Tuesday by beating Ger-
man qualifier Julia Goerg- Associated Press
es 6-4, 6-3 in the second Page 18
round of Wuhan Open.
Williams is a seven-time
major champion who won
her last Grand Slam title at
Wimbledon in 2008.
Defending champion Pe-
tra Kvitova also advanced,
beating Daria Gavrilova of
Russia 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Kvitova
will next face 15th-seeded
Roberta Vinci in the third
round.
Earlier, Anna Karolina
Schmiedlova beat a top-
20 player for only the third
time in her career when
she defeated fourth-seed-
ed Caroline Wozniacki
1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Schmied-
lova will next meet Kristina
Mladenovic, who beat
14th-seeded Madison Keys
of the United States 7-5,
1-6, 6-2.
Ana Ivanovic advanced
with a 6-0, 6-3 win over
Madison Brengle. The ninth-
seeded Ivanovic has only
dropped seven games in
two matches.
Also, Belinda Bencic of
Switzerland retired from
her match against Camila
Giorgi of Italy with a left
leg injury. Bencic, who was
coming off a loss to Ag-
nieszka Radwanska in the
Tokyo Pan Pacific final on
Sunday, retired after drop-
ping the first set 6-2.
Victoria Azarenka also
limped off and retired after
she was broken in the sec-
ond set by Johanna Konta
and was trailing 6-4, 1-0 in
her third round match.
In the final match of the
day, top-seeded Simona
Halep beat Anastasia Pav-
lyuchenkova 6-2, 6-1.q