Venus Williams Defeated Sania Mirza in the 2nd Round of Family Circle Cup

American star Venus Williams edged past Indian opponent Sania Mirza after winning a three-set affair in the second round of Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Winning a doubles title prior to coming into this tournament, and then winning the first round match pretty easily, Sania Mirza appeared full of confidence against tournament’s second seed Venus Williams. However, Venus took it 6-1 3-6 6-2 to progress into the next round of the tournament.

Venus cruised through the first set during which Sania could not put up any resistance, but the Indian star bounce back to win the second set, coming back from 3-1 down to win five-games in a row. It seemed that Sania was going to cause an upset against Venus when she broke her high profile opponent twice earlier in the deciding set and took a 2-1 lead when Venus found her momentum back and rallied to win five consecutive sets to win the match. However, overall Sania Mirza’s performance was impressive against Venus Williams.

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