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| Venus to face Stosur in Rome return - 13, May 2008 |
By Paul Virgo
ROME (Reuters) - Venus Williams will face Samantha Stosur when she returns this week after more than a month out of action after the Australian beat Michaella Krajicek 6-3 6-2 on Monday to set up a second-round encounter at the Italian Open.
The American six-times grand slam champion, seeded seventh for this tournament, has been sidelined with an unspecified medical problem.
Fifth seed Serena Williams, who like her sister Venus is a former Italian Open champion, will start her campaign against Alona Bondarenko after the Ukrainian blew away Italian wildcard Mara Santangelo 6-2 6-2 in the first round.
Russian 10th seed Vera Zvonareva stayed on course to meet Venus Williams in the third round by beating Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-3.
Zvonareva lost her serve four times in the match but was able to break the Japanese player almost at will to ease through.
Zvonareva's compatriot Dinara Safina, who won the German Open on Sunday and was defeated in the Rome final by Martina Hingis in 2006, has pulled out of the tournament with a back injury, organizers said. Her place has gone to Austria's Sybille Bammer.
Third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, another Russian, will meet Belarusian Olga Govortsova, who rallied to beat Italy's Karin Knapp 4-6 6-1 6-2.
Hungarian 11th seed Agnes Szavay made light work of China's Yan Zi, triumphing 6-1 6-1.
(c) 2008 Reuters
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