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Wimbledon 2009 - Venus Williams Cruises into Wimbledon 3rd round

by Samir Joshi | June 25, 2009 at 09:18 am

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Normal service has been resumed in the women's singles. The world No1 and top seed, Dinara Safina, trundled through to the third round, as did the striking Serbian Ana Ivanovic. Venus Williams, the female player who favors the lawn more than any surface, reaffirmed her authority with an easy win over Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.

Defending champion Venus Williams breezed into the third round of the women's singles at Wimbledon after a straight sets victory over Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.

Williams emerged onto Court One with bandaging around her left knee, but showed no ill effects as she cruised to a 6-3 6-2 victory in bright sunshine in 69 minutes.

It was the 29-year-old's 16th successive singles victory at the All England Club and she told reporters: "That's a great stat for me, a great achievement and I want to make it more. Everything was working for me today."

The American will next face unseeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, the world number 34, for a place in the last 16 of the tournament.