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\n Venus Williams<\/a> rolled back the years with a vintage performance to secure her first win against a top-20<\/a> player in four years.\n <\/p>\n

\n The 43-year-old Williams defeated Russian Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 7-5 in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati on Monday.\n <\/p>\n

\n Kudermetova is seeded 16th in the tournament and would have been expected to ease her way past Williams, but the seven-time grand slam winner had other ideas.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cDefinitely satisfaction from today is (from) all the work that goes into just being here at all,\u201d the veteran American said<\/a> after the win.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI did my best to be here as soon as possible in the best form possible I could bring in that amount of time. So that makes it satisfying, to be able to get a win with very little time to prepare.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n In both sets, Williams found herself 4-1 down and on the back foot, but, as on so many occasions throughout her career, she found a way to battle back.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI think at some point when you\u2019re down a double break, you start to think, \u2018Well, I at least want to just hold serve for the rest of this set,\u2019\u201d Williams said. \u201cSimple thoughts like that. Then you get a little bit closer. You\u2019re like, \u2018Okay, maybe I just want to win another point.\u2019\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cDefinitely some big holes today that I usually don\u2019t play from \u2026 But that\u2019s tennis. That\u2019s what\u2019s so exciting.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Williams will now wait to see who she faces in the next round in Cincinnati as she continues her preparation ahead of the 2023 US Open.\n <\/p>\n

\n Her previous victory against a top-20 opponent also came at the Western & Southern Open in 2019 when she defeated Kiki Bertens in the second round.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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