By Simon Evans
MASON, Ohio Aug 15 (Reuters) – Venus Williams fought back
from a set down to beat South Africa’s Chanelle Scheepers 2-6
6-3 6-2 as the top seeds advanced with little trouble at the
Cincinnati Open on Wednesday.
Williams will now meet Italian Sara Errani for a
quarter-final berth following the seventh seed’s 6-4 6-4 win
over Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova.
For the second successive day Williams needed three sets but
she was glad with the way she recovered from a rusty opening
“I made so many errors. She’s one of those players that puts
a lot of balls in the court, makes you play a lot of shots and I
wasn’t getting them in the court. It was good to turn it
around,” said Williams.
Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Sweden’s Sofia
Arvidsson 6-4 6-3 to book her place in the third round.
Pole Radwanska, playing in her first premier event as a top
seed, said she was pleased with how she had settled in to the
event.
“The first match is always the most difficult. Every week we
play on different surfaces with different balls and in different
conditions. I’m just happy I went through, especially in two
sets, because of the heat,” she said.
Radwanska will next face Sloane Stephens after the American
beat fellow wildcard entrant Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2 6-1 in
an hour.
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