WIMBLEDON, England: Five-time champion Venus Williams rallied to defeat Kimiko Date-Krumm 6-7 (6), 6-3, 8-6 and reach the third round at Wimbledon.Williams trailed 5-1 in the first set Wednesday and saved three set points before squandering her own set point at 6-5. Williams saved four more in the tiebreaker before losing the set.
The 23rd-seeded American missed nearly five months of action this year with a hip injury, but she returned last week at Eastbourne.
The 40-year-old Date-Krumm became the second oldest woman to reach the second round at Wimbledon in the Open era when she defeated Katie O’Brien in her opening match.
On the men's side, Tomas Berdych advanced to the third round by defeating Julien Benneteau of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
The 2010 Wimbledon runner-up started his match more than two hours later than scheduled Wednesday because of rain on Day 3 at the All England Club.
Last year, the Czech defeated six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals and Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. He lost to Rafael Nadal in the final.
The 23rd-seeded American missed nearly five months of action this year with a hip injury, but she returned last week at Eastbourne.
The 40-year-old Date-Krumm became the second oldest woman to reach the second round at Wimbledon in the Open era when she defeated Katie O’Brien in her opening match.
On the men's side, Tomas Berdych advanced to the third round by defeating Julien Benneteau of France 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
The 2010 Wimbledon runner-up started his match more than two hours later than scheduled Wednesday because of rain on Day 3 at the All England Club.
Last year, the Czech defeated six-time champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals and Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. He lost to Rafael Nadal in the final.
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