Venus Williams became only the ninth female player in tennis history to chalk up 700 career wins when she beat Julia Goerges at the Wuhan Open.
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Venus, now, joins the likes of Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Virginia Wade, Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, Lindsey Davenport, Conchita Martínez, and Serena Williams among the other players to have crossed the 700-win mark in the Open Era.
“I’m glad nobody told me before”, the American joked.
“I started feeling dizzy already in the second set and I just tried to push through it”, said Wozniacki, whose chances of reaching the eight-player WTA Finals are fast receding.
During her career Williams, now ranked 24th, has spent 11 weeks as the world No1 and won seven grand slam singles titles, the last one in 2008.
Angelique Kerber of Germany hits a return against Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic during their match at the Wuhan Open on Tuesday.
Williams outslugged Goerges 6-4, 6-3 to not only reach the third round of the Wuhan Open, but also score her 700th match win, reports Xinhua.
With a snap in her step and plenty of her trademark pop on the ball, Williams drew first blood in set two, walloping an inside-out forehand victor on her third break point of the game for a 2-1 lead.
It has been a effective efficiency beginning with the former environment No. one-.
“I’m very, very happy and very, very exhausted right now”, said Slovak Schmiedlova, who will next meet France’s Kristina Mladenovic, who beat 14th-seeded Madison Keys of the United States 7-5, 1-6, 6-2.
“It’s always not easy to make the decision. I had never played her before, so that was also an experience in itself”, she added.
After an early hiccup that saw her broken in her first service game, Williams found her form.
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Ana Ivanovic advanced with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Madison Brengle. She has only dropped seven games in her two matches.
