Former world Number one Venus Williams produced a vintage display to outclass Netherlands’ Arantxa Rus in straight sets and storm into the second round of the Yarra Valley Classic as a packed week of Australian Open warm-up events kicked off on Sunday.
The 40-year-old American broke serve twice in each set to canter to a victory in a little over an hour and set up a date with fourth seed Petra Kvitova in the next round.
American 13th seed Danielle Collins also had a straightforward outing as she eased to a win against Belgian Ysaline Bonaventure. She was joined in the second round by compatriot Shelby Rogers, who upset 12th seed Fiona Ferro.
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