WTA Tour - Venus keeps Doha hope alive

Eurosport - Wed, 15 Oct 23:26:00 2008

Venus Williams made a successful start to the Zurich Open, beating Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko 6-3 6-4 to maintain her hopes of reaching the season-ending WTA Championships.

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Williams, seeded third in Zurich and handed a first round bye, broke Bondarenko once in each set to ease into the quarter-finals of the $600,000 (£345,506) hardcourt event.

The Ukrainian world number 33 has now lost all three of her meetings with Williams, although Wednesday's defeat was by far the closest encounter.

In both their previous matches, at the 2007 and 2008 US Opens, Bondarenko was able to take just three games off the American seven-time Grand Slam singles winner.

Williams's latest victory keeps her on course to join younger sister Serena at the lucrative season finale in Doha.

Venus is ninth in the race to qualify for the tournament with only the top eight women going through.

Sixth-ranked Maria Sharapova's decision to end her season due to a shoulder injury means however that Williams only needs to hold her current position.

Serbian world number one and Zurich top seed Jelena Jankovic leads a group of five women who have already made sure of their places at Doha.

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  1. You don`t love Serena, or Venus or enyone. You just love to hate.
    Sick lieing basterds !
    Shame on you !
    no no menthals, no no !
    ;-)

    From Igor K, on Thu 16 Oct 7:45PM

  2. as newly chose no 1 she should have been permitted to win

    maybe a complaint to the stewards would reverse the result darlings

    From susan4campbell, on Thu 16 Oct 6:48PM

  3. 0

    From yekaterinabelle, on Thu 16 Oct 5:41PM

  4. it seems the other girls are not giving due respect to the appointed no 1]
    obviously Pennetta should be fined her match fee & banned for next 3 tournaments
    for not allowing victory to the allocated no 1 & annoying her drunken mother& marauding followers
    its just nott acceptable in the good name of tennis

    From serrrannos, on Thu 16 Oct 5:24PM

  5. gelena = abusive forgery

    From serrrannos, on Thu 16 Oct 4:37PM

  6. round them all & give a luxury work holiday in pretty Ukranian mine

    From serrrannos, on Thu 16 Oct 4:36PM

  7. so sorry we highjacked other writers forged names

    From serrrannos, on Thu 16 Oct 4:33PM

  8. so sorry sooty we highjacked other contributors name address to stir up controvosy

    just don\t care any more who wins or loses just a greedy money grabbing nonenity 2B deployed

    From serrrannos, on Thu 16 Oct 4:32PM

  9. I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE THE HELL ARE THE GAYYES IGOR & POORMAN? BET THEY ARE IN BIG SHOCK NOW AFTER BEING BIG MOUTH TALKING NON SENSE ALL THE TIME. A BUNCH OF GAYYES IDIOT!!!!!!!!

    ALISON MERITT.

    From merriitt686, on Thu 16 Oct 4:12PM

  10. EXCELLENTE FLAVIA, YOU FINALLY SHUT THE HELL OF BITCHY RED DRESS MOTHER DRUNKEN FUCCKER JJ. EAT THAT SHITT IGOR & POORMAN, THAT'S THE RESULT FOR YOU GUYS BEING BIG MOUTH ALL THE TIME:ppppppppp

    From yekaterinabellle, on Thu 16 Oct 3:54PM

  11. good fortune to Italiano Flavia Penetta today she could succeed

    best wishes GOOD LUCK to darling girl ANA IVANOVIC to be successful again & again

    From susan4campbell, on Thu 16 Oct 2:38PM

  12. Black & Huber were trained in the combat zones of picturesque ZIMBABWE

    From susan4campbell, on Thu 16 Oct 2:30PM

  13. good friends jelenar ^ & venus should play doubles together
    All other couples would withdraw immediately
    except tBlack& Huber trained in ZIMBABWE

    From susan4campbell, on Thu 16 Oct 2:29PM

  14. YES $$300 MILLION SAFE IN THEIR POCKETS WILLIAMS CAN PLAY WHERE & WHEN
    THEY CHOOSE

    THAT MONEY CAN BUY THEM CONTENTED HAPPINESS

    From yekaterinabelle, on Thu 16 Oct 1:38PM

  15. Love Serena and Venus and they are so rich and intelligent too! All thos slams they have won, power play works! America is a super power!

    From Vic M, on Thu 16 Oct 1:18PM

  16. No one could be more menthal then you are, for a long time :-)
    I fell so soory for you !

    From Igor K, on Thu 16 Oct 12:03PM

  17. so sorry sweeties writing the wrong way round we love the gay crowd like alison v.useful in trense world

    we don't really care who wins both jelenar & venus are all pain in the neck just collecting money
    our favourite is Roger Federer never a word out of place Success to him alone
    these vagabonds whitch like JJ & venus should join together on a desert island

    From yekaterinabelle, on Thu 16 Oct 11:38AM

  18. Nyee..nyee..nyee..nyee.nyeeeee....Igor is going crazy:PPPPPP

    From yekaterinabellle, on Thu 16 Oct 10:24AM

  19. THANKS GUYS FOR HAVING THE SAME RATIONAL THINKING DESPITE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS FOOLING AROUND. OFF COURSE YEKA, WHY BOTHER VISITING JJ'S FORUM AS SHE IS NOT MY FAVOURITE ONE & LIKE I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER THINGS TO DO. KEEP SUPPORTING FOR VAMOS VENUS!!!

    From Serranno, on Thu 16 Oct 9:26AM

  20. Way to go Serrannos. I backed you up as well. I suggest that we don't need to visit JJ's forum as it's just a waste of time. You don't want to be like those IDIOTS, right? Came to this forum only to abuse Venus, like their idol is the best of all time. That damn woman doesn't even won a Grand Slam!!! Just relax as the Sisters used to do when facing their opponents. Look at their idiotic response as well, you came along after Vic, but they responsed only to you, hahahaha.... BUNCH OF GAY IDIOTS!!!

    From yekaterinabellle, on Thu 16 Oct 9:02AM
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