Venus Williams returns to Wimbledon with victory against Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-1 with impressive seven aces at up to 118 mph with 23 winners total at the All England Club.
Back on tour as usual Venus Williams outfit stirs some bloggers at Wimbledon with unfamiliar cut outfit that adds her trademark of dominant serves and aggressive screaming forehands.
Williams was out of the tour for five months with injured hip forcing her to miss majors including the French Open.
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Also on Monday at Wimbledon, the 2010 Wimbledon US Open finalis Vera Zvonareva from Moscow, Russia, defeated Alison Riske from Hilton Head, South Carolina, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
Vera struck 22 winners (including 6 aces) with only 15 unforced errors (including 2 double faults) while scoring on 5 of the 9 break points she reached against Alison and totaling 80 points in the match. Alison hit 24 winners (5 aces) with 24 errors (7 DFs), and converted 2 of the 4 break points she reached against Vera while scoring 66 points in the match.
Vera said: ”[Alison] played some good tennis, but I tried to stay focused. I had some ups and downs, but I’m really happy I was able to pull it off in the end. I lost my concentration for a bit but I always fight for every point, and I was able to pick it up in the third set.”
In the 2nd round on Wednesday, Vera will play this year’s Charleston finalist, 24-year-old#39 (career high: #22) Elena Vesnina from Sochi, Russia. Vera leads Elena 5-1 in career matches.
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This time last year Francesca Schiavone slipped out of Wimbledon after losing in the first round, exhausted by the effort and the after-effects of her dramatic French Open triumph. She beats Jelena Dokic 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
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#12 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. #85 Shuai Zhang 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
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#35 Sara Errani def. #17 Kaia Kanepi 6-1, 6-4
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#19 Yanina Wickmayer def. #86 Varvara Lepchenko 7-5, 6-3
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NOTES: Rain stopped play at SW19 on Monday with only 14 of the 32 scheduled ladies singles matches completed, continuing Tuesday’s schedule with the postponed matches. The forecast for Tuesday is good, however.
