It Was A Stretch, But Venus Was Up For The Challenge
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Venus Williams, USA (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Thursday morning brought back the suspended match of the French Open's Wednesday night session between American Venus Williams and the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova. When the match was called due to darkness, Safarova was up one set 77-65.Safarova continued her aggressive game this morning, a lesser player than Venus would probably have fallen. Venus defended her turf like the pro that she is. She was all over Court Suzanne Lenglen running down Safarova's shots.
Venus eventually had to save both a break and a match point to finally toss Safarova out of there. She took the final two sets 6-2, 7-5.
"Yesterday, I think I did too many things wrong. She just was firing for every shot and making them. Obviously, with the delay, there was a lot of things to think about beforehand, what I could do different, and just tried to be as aggressive as I could.
"The last two sets, you know, it was close. But these kind of matches are really rewarding, and she was playing well. But I felt like I deserved it."
Go Venus, Go Venus, Go Venus!!!!
I'm loving these shots that the photographers are getting of Venus in action:
(Photo by Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images)
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