Thu, 28 May, 2009 - 22:19
The Williams sisters both made it into round three of the French Open today - but in very contrasting styles.
While Serena, the second seed, found some welcome form on clay to rout Spain’s Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2 6-0 in 57 minutes, Venus rallied from match point down to defeat Lucie Safarova in a three-set thriller.
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CourtsHeathrowPlace: SpainPlace: RussiaPlace: KazakhstanPlace: FrancePerson: WilliamsPerson: SerenaPerson: Virginia Ruano PascualPerson: VenusPerson: Lucie SafarovaPerson: Suzanne LenglenPerson: Agnes SzavayPerson: Klara ZakopalovaPerson: Ruano PascualPerson: Maria Jose Martinez SanchezPerson: Jelena JankovicPerson: Svetlana KuznetsovaPerson: JankovicPerson: Magdalena RybarikovaPerson: Petra CetkovskaPerson: KuznetsovaPerson: Galina VoskoboevaPerson: Jelena DokicPerson: Elena DementievaPerson: Marion BartoliPerson: Tathiana GarbinPerson: BartoliPerson: Alize CornetPerson: Anabel Medina GarriguesPerson: Sorana CirsteaPerson: Virginie RazzanoPerson: Dane Caroline WozniackiEvent: French OpenEvent: Roland Garros
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