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Venus kept waiting by rain
14/05/2008 07:50 - (SA)
Rome - Venus Williams's return from over a month on the sidelines with an unspecified medical problem was delayed on Tuesday as rain forced play to be abandoned at the Italian Open.
Only four matches were completed before organisers suspended
play all together, with the seventh seed's second round match
against Australian Samantha Stosur postponed until Wednesday.
The American's sister Serena also had her match against
Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko bumped into Wednesday's schedule.
Russian world number two Maria Sharapova will start her
Italian Open campaign on Wednesday against Dominika Cibulkova
after the Slovak beat Argentine Gisela Dulko 7-6 6-4 in the
first round.
Top seed Ana Ivanovic, who has a bye to the second round,
will take on Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova, a 6-4 6-2 winner over
fellow qualifier Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic.
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka cruised past Austrian 19th seed
Sybille Bammer 6-1 6-3 to reach the second round, while Italian
wildcard Roberta Vinci beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi 6-4 4-6 6-0.
- Reuters
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