Venus eclipsed by rising teen star

Former world number one Venus Williams was stunned after she bowed out from the French Open’s third round at the hands of 15-year-old unseeded Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva.

Venus eclipsed by rising teen star

Former world number one Venus Williams was stunned after she bowed out from the French Open’s third round at the hands of 15-year-old unseeded Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva.

After losing the first set 6-3, the 24-year-old who has won four Grand Slams looked to have regained her composure when she breezed through the second set 6-1.

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