Venus Williams beats Chakvetadze at HK exhibition

HONG KONG – Venus Williams defeated Anna Chakvetadze 7-6 (1), 6-3 at the women’s team exhibition tournament in Hong Kong on Friday, giving Team Americas a 1-0 lead over Russia in the best-of-five final. Chakvetadze played well in the first set, responding to Williams’ power-hitting with crafty counter-punching and big hitting of her own, but the Russian couldn’t maintain her form in the…

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