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Williams needs three sets to advance

Associated Press

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Second-seeded Venus Williams struggled to advance at the Family Circle Cup on Wednesday, beating Sania Mirza of India 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. It took the fifth-ranked Williams almost 2½ hours to defeat the 100th-ranked Mirza on the green clay of stadium court at the tennis center on Daniel Island. Williams, who won the Family Circle five years ago, is now 3-0 against Mirza. "When she's playing against me, she's got to go for it and I think there's also a sense of nothing to los ...

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