Venus shakes off rust against qualifier
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MOSCOW -- Venus Williams defeated Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round of the Kremlin Cup on Tuesday in her first match since losing in the fourth round at last month&#39;s US Open.
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Venus Williams carved out a testy 6-4,  6-4 win over qualifier Alina Jidkova, while French and U.S.  Open runner-up Elena Dementieva led seven Russians into the  second round of the Kremlin Cup Tuesday.
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Venus Williams has survived a third-set tie-breaker to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA Tour event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Venus Williams of the US returns a shot during a match against Elena Bovina of Russia at the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow&#39;s Olympic Indoor stadium on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
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Wimbledon champion Venus Williams blasted past Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-1 6-2 on Friday to charge into the fourth round of the U.S. Open.
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Venus Williams made a successful   return after almost three months out through injury as she   upset sixth seed Ana Ivanovic 6-3 6-4 in the first round of the   Luxembourg Championship on Wednesday.
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Twice champion Venus Williams overcame early jitters to beat nemesis Jelena Jankovic 4-6 6-1 7-6 on Wednesday and secure a clash with world number one Justine Henin in the U.S. Open semi-finals.
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Venus Williams has targeted a return to the world's top 16 by the French Open.
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Three-times former champion Venus Williams survived a hair-raising third round match against Akiko Morigami of Japan on Monday, winning 6-2 3-6 7-5 but looking far from comfortable.
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Venus Williams had her French Open dreams ripped apart by Jelena Jankovic on Thursday as the Serb advanced to the third round with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 victory.
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Venus Williams giggled and hopped on her toes Wednesday, looking more like a kid who just won her first match than a veteran who just beat Maria Sharapova in a showdown of Grand Slam champions at Wimbledon's Centre Court.
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Former world number one Venus Williams overcame a stuttering start to beat teenage French wildcard Alize Cornet 6-4 6-3 to reach the second round of the French Open on Monday.
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Venus Williams did not want to risk going three sets in the second round of the Australian Open.
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Venus Williams moved back into the Top 20 in the rankings for the first time in a year, rising to No. 17 Monday thanks to her fourth Wimbledon singles title.
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Venus Williams will face Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova in the Zurich quarter-finals after surviving a testing encounter with Ana Ivanovic.
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American eighth seed Venus Williams bludgeoned her way to victory in a slugfest with India's Sania Mirza to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open Saturday.
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Venus Williams set up a clash with arch rival Lindsay Davenport after beating fellow American Chanda Rubin 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow.