Venus Williams lost 6-4, 6-2 to second-ranked Vera Zvonareva at the Hong Kong Classic exhibition tournament on Thursday in her first match since the US Open.
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Venus Williams loses at Hong Kong
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Dementieva through as other seeds tumble
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Zvonareva replaces Sharapova
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Safina knocked out in first round of Roland Garros
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Goldikova upset in Prix de la Foret
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Sania Mirza pulls out of US Open
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Zvonareva pulls out of Wimbledon
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World No. 1 Novak Djokovic knocked out in second round of Madrid Masters
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Mardy Fish upset by Bernard Tomic at Shanghai Masters
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Dinara Safina loses in first round at French Open
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Venus Williams digs into her bag of tricks to power the US to a 2-1 Hopman Cup triumph over France
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Federer loses in second round of Paris Masters
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Women's tennis suffers loss to Marquette
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Roger Federer lost to nikolay Davydenko
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Vera Zvonareva withdraws from Australian Open
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Federer loses US Open in a dramatic game
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Sharapova ousted in second round at Wimbledon