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Venus Williams rallies to defeat Madison Keys
Top seed Venus Williams opened the inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in southern China with a tight three-sets win over fellow American Madison Keys on Tuesday.
Top seed Venus Williams opened the inaugural WTA Elite Trophy in southern China with a tight three-sets win over fellow American Madison Keys on Tuesday.
The seven-time Grand Slam-winner came from a set down to win 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 as she seeks to end her season with a 48th career title.
Venus was two points from defeat in the second set before pulling out the victory in a rematch of the Australian Open quarter-finals, won by Keys.
The Elite Trophy, which follows last week’s WTA Finals for the top eight women, is a new event featuring the players ranked nine to 20 and held at a purpose-built facility in Zhuhai, which borders gambling haven Macau.
The initial draw selected four pots of three players also including Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci who will compete for the $2.5 million purse.
Williams, aged 35 is enjoying an Indian summer in her career exemplified by her victory at last month’s Wuhan Open.
In another round robin match, Jelena Jankovic defeated Sara Errani 6-4, 7-5.
