PARIS: Former international number one Venus Williams suffered a shock defeat via Chinese participant Wang Qiang in the French Open first round on Sunday.
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The 37-year-old 9th seed used to be well wanting her absolute best as Wang claimed a 6-Four, 7-5 victory and received a measure of revenge for her first-round loss to Venus at Roland Garros last year.
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The seven-time Grand Slam champion has now misplaced each her matches at primary tournaments this year, having reached the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals in 2017.
Wang, the world number 91, has never made the third round of a Slam, and can face Petra Martic of Croatia for a spot in the last 32 after the biggest win of her profession.
World number nine Venus will now flip her attention to playing the doubles tournament together with her sister Serena, who's competing in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since last year's Australian Open after giving delivery to her daughter.
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The 37-year-old 9th seed used to be well wanting her absolute best as Wang claimed a 6-Four, 7-5 victory and received a measure of revenge for her first-round loss to Venus at Roland Garros last year.
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The seven-time Grand Slam champion has now misplaced each her matches at primary tournaments this year, having reached the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals in 2017.
Wang, the world number 91, has never made the third round of a Slam, and can face Petra Martic of Croatia for a spot in the last 32 after the biggest win of her profession.
World number nine Venus will now flip her attention to playing the doubles tournament together with her sister Serena, who's competing in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since last year's Australian Open after giving delivery to her daughter.
Venus Williams knocked out by China's Wang in first round
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