• Williams loses 7-6,2-6, 6-4 at Volvo Car Open to extend poor dash[br]• Angelique Kerber and Sara Errani progress in straight setsVenus Williams’ tender for a 50th WTA title ended when she lost to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva in the last 16 at the Volvo Car Open on Thursday.
Williams, and seventh on the WTA’s all-time wins list,lost 7-6, 2-6, or 6-4 at the clay court event in South Carolina. The defeat extended a disappointing season for the No3 seed and seven-times grand slam champion as she arrived on the unique green clay courts of Charleston having lost her opening match in four of five preceding events.
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Source: theguardian.com