Serena Opens Rogers Cup Run With Win in Toronto
Serena Williams won her opening match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday night, defeating Italian Francesca Schiavone, 6-3, 6-2. She will play a third-round match against 13th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens on Thursday night. Flipkens won her match against Kiki Bertens 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
"I felt good. I felt solid," said Serena. "Obviously I made a few errors, but it’s just my first match on hard in a really long time," Williams said after the match. "I also played a really good player, so it was a good match. It took me a few games to adjust to her game, but it’s good that she played like that because of my next opponent. Now I feel like I’m completely adjusted, and I feel good going into the next round."
Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli defeated American qualifier Lauren Davis, 6-0, 6-3. Bartoli made a comeback from being sidelined due to a hamstring injury after winning Wimbledon.
American Sloane Stephens advanced after beating Germany’s Mona Barthel, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Fourth-seeded Li Na defeated Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-1, 6-4. Fifth-seeded Sara Errani topped Klara Zakopalova, 6-2, 7-6(2). Russian Maria Kirilenko lost to Alize Cornet of France, 7-5, 7-5.
In other women’s action, sixth-seeded Petra Kvitova beat Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, 6-3, 6-2. Romanian Sorana Cirstea defeated ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, 5-7, 7-6(0), 6-4. Australian Samantha Stosur, the number 12 seed, beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.
