Venus Williams knocked out of Dubai Open

Venus Williams knocked out of Dubai Open

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 1:24 pm


Venus Williams campaign at the WTA Dubai Open has been cut short by Czech Lucie Safarova.

The 11th seeded Safarova beat the 8th seeded Venus in two straight sets, 6-4, 6-2
in the third round.

All the results today:

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POLx5) 6-4, 6-2

Ekaterina Makarova (Rus x6) bt Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 6-3, 6-4

Lucie Safarova (CZE x11) bt Venus Williams (USA x8) 6-4, 6-2

Flavia Pennetta (ITA x10) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x7) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

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