Tennis: Venus blows away the cobwebs

Venus Williams shook off a few flakes of rust this afternoon to take her place in the Wimbledon second round.

Venus Williams shook off a few flakes of rust this afternoon to take her place in the Wimbledon second round.

Williams possessed too much power for the diminutive Shinobu Asagoe of Japan, eventually marching through 6-2 6-3 in 66 minutes.

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