American Venus Williams lost to Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the tournament in Cincinnati, New York. Ph: AFP
The American Venus Williams lost to the Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the first round of the tournament in Cincinnati, relocated in the bubble of Flushing Meadows in New York, on Saturday.
Dayana Yastremska, 20, won 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 after a fierce fight of more than 2h30 against the experienced American (40).
The Ukrainian will find the American Bernarda Pera in the second round.
Relocated to New York, the Cincinnati tournament is played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
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