Venus Williams Tumbles From Rogers Cup
Published on July 29 2016 6:26 am
Last Updated on July 29 2016 6:26 am
By ESPN
Sixth-seeded Venus Williams tumbled out of the Rogers Cup in the third round Thursday night, falling 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3 to 10th-seeded Madison Keys in an all-American match.
Playing her last tournament match before the Rio Olympics, the 36-year-old Williams lost seven straight games before holding serve in the third game of the second set. After Williams rallied to tie the match, Keys found her serve in the third set, ending the match with her 12th ace.
The 21-year-old Keys won the Wimbledon tuneup event in Birmingham, England, this year for her second WTA Tour title, then reached the fourth round at Wimbledon. She'll face 16th-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in the quarterfinals.
Williams beat Barbora Strycova -- the Czech player whom Keys topped in the Birmingham final -- on Wednesday in her first match since losing to Britain's Johanna Konta on Sunday in the Bank of the West Classic final. Against Keys, Williams struggled with her serve.
