Venus Williams had to work pretty hard today against hard-hitting Russian Alisas Kleybanova. Both hit heavy balls and their serving was all power.
The American was down 3-1 in the first set and recovered nicely to win it. The second set was another battle with Kleybanova having plenty of chances to tie but just could not hold on to her serve.
Both traded heavy ground strokes from the baseline and Venus was just the stronger one today.
Score: 6-4, 6-2.