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SPORTSWednesday 12 August 2015

Serena Williams beats Flavia Pennetta in Toronto

TORONTO (AP) — Top- Serena Williams, of the United States, reacts to a point on her way to defeating Flavia Pennetta, of Italy, at the Rogers Cup tennis
ranked Serena Williams tournament Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Toronto.
rebounded to beat Italy’s
Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, Associated Press
6-0 on Tuesday in the first
round of the WTA Tour’s for me to have that match Williams said. “A good upset ninth-seeded Carla Pliskova 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, and
Rogers Cup. play.” vintage red wine, I’d say, Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3, No. 11 Ekaterina Makarova
“I was really frustrated with Williams won the first of her getting better with age, I 6-7 (2), 6-4, qualifier Mirjana of Russia topped American
how I was playing,” Wil- three Toronto titles in 2001. hope.” Lucic-Baroni of Croatia qualifier Anna Tatishvili 6-3,
liams said. “And then I got “Like a nice vintage wine, Also, France’s Alize Cornet beat 10th-seeded Karolina 6-3.q
really angry. ...
So I said, ‘Serena, you’re
going to have to be posi-
tive and be good to your-
self out here.’”
The 21-time Grand Slam
winner won a day after
sister Venus Williams was
eliminated in straight sets
by Germany’s Sabine Lis-
icki.
The 33-year-old Williams
blamed unforced errors for
her early struggles.
“It was a good opportunity
for me because I haven’t
played a match on hard
courts since April-ish, early,
early April,
after Miami,” Williams said.
“It was a long time ago. So
I think it was really good