Ostapenko, Mladenovic packed off
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Venus Williams prevailed in a three-setter but French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko and 13th seed Kristina Mladenovic crashed out of the Rogers Cup with first-round defeats in Toronto on Monday.
Williams outlasted a lengthy rain delay and pesky Romanian opponent Irina-Camelia Begu to win her opening match 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
Less than a month after her run to the Wimbledon final, where she lost to Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, 37-year-old Williams again had to turn back time against a young challenger.
After taking the opening set in dominant fashion, the American found herself in a fight as Begu rallied back to win a set before rain suspended action for more than an hour. The decisive set was a roller-coaster with Williams moving ahead 3-1 only to lose consecutive games before rallying to seize three straight games and the match.
Earlier, Mladenovic was swept aside 2-6, 3-6 by Czech Barbora Strycova while Ostapenko fell to American Varvara Lepchenko.
Strycova’s stunning triumph was followed by another surprise when 12th seed Ostapenko lost 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (5) to American Lepchenko in 2 hours and 36 minutes.
Petra Kvitova, determined to improve after a knife injury to her hand inflicted by an intruder at home, beat Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 7-6 (5).
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