The sisters Venus and Serena Williams, won their respective matches in Rome opener this Tuesday. Top-ranked Serena defeated Timea Bacsinszky 7-6 (2), 6-1 in her first match since winning the Australian Open more than three months ago. No. 4-ranked Venus, taking to the center court at the Foro Italico just before her sister, handled veteran Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-2.
Serena Williams did a remarkable comeback by overcoming a slow start to come back and win the match. She was down 4-1 and saved three set points at 5-4 before going to a tiebreaker against Bacsinszky. After dominating the breaker, Serena reeled off the next four games to secure the match.
Her sister Venus had an easier time against Schnyder, a lefty who had defeated Serena in Rome last year. Venus was always in control of the match, breaking the Swiss player six times.
