VENUS WILLIAMS STARTED HER WINNING STREAK

Venus Williams started her winning streak in the opening match against Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 at the Italian Open. Venus was happy with the match as she had lot of aces in the first set and she dropped down in the second set.

In the deciding set she was quite comfortable and win over Safarova to clinch the first match. Venus was hitting the ball hard and it was a nice match to watch on. Venus took control of first set in just 28 minutes and only second set took over 45 minutes.

Both players had 22 winners, but Safarova had 33 unforced errors, seven more than Williams.

"We both played aggressive," Williams said. "She's just going for every shot, for the lines."

FIGHT BETWEEN SERENA AND SAFINA FOR No.1 SPOT

Serena Williams is still the No.1 to her, eventhough she is not the actual No.1 as per ATP ranking. Serena told that she will come back strongly in the upcoming series and she will definitely overtake te current No.1 Safina. Serena Williams is very strong player in women and she has lot of talents as well.

She told that "people know who is No.1 still and I will prove it". When asked about this to Safina, she said "Serena has lot of experience than me as she is elder than me and she also has wom more grand slam than me".

Safina also added "lets wait and see when I reach her age, how many grand slams I acquire and then we can speak about it". Safina told that it wont come out of luck as there are many contenders for it and everyone will fight towards it. If Serena says like this then she should win over me to acquire this. Safina said "I dont think so that she will beat me in the upcoming series". "I am working hard and I will work hard to be in the No.1 spot" said safina.

FIGHTING KNOCK FROM SANIA

Sania Mirza, who was in 100th rank gave a fighting knock against 5th seeded Venus williams here at family circle. Sania really played very hard to win Venus Williams but Venus was comfortable in her third set. Venus took over Sania 6-1 3-6 6-2. Sania Mirza really have done lot of homework in order to compete with Venus. The match took almost 2 1/2 hours of energetic match. Sania was comfortable with this green clay court. Venus won the Family circle 5 years ago. Venus easily won the first set within 46 minutes. In the second set Venus took 3-1 lead, then Sania fired all the 5 games to win her set. The last game took almost 8 deuce points. Venus told this kind of matches pull her out. She needs to work har in each and every matches.