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Venus Williams goes straight out in Cincinnati, Andy Murray …

Venus Williams (WTA 65) has lost her first game at the WTA tournament in Cincinnati (hard / $ 1,950,079), which is going on behind closed doors in New York this year due to the corona crisis. Andy Murray (ATP 129) did qualify for the second round among the men.

Forty-year-old Williams had to give in to three sets (5-7, 6-2 and 7-5) in a match of two hours and 36 minutes of tennis in front of the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska (WTA 25), who is exactly half his age. her. Yastremska will face American Bernardo Pera (WTA 61) in the next round.

Andy Murray (ATP 129) did qualify for the second round. He won his first official singles match since November 2019 on Saturday evening. The Scot defeated the American Frances Tiafoe (ATP 81) in Cincinnati after 2.5 hours of tennis in three sets (7-6 (8/6), 3-6 and 6-1. ). Murray takes on the German Alexander Zverev (ATP 7) in the second round, who was free in the first round. (belga)

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