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Venus starts 20th Roland Garros with victory

Williams, seeded 10 and three weeks shy of her 37th birthday, had to dig deep to see off her opponent who had led 4-2 in the first set and 5-3, with set points, in the second.

US Venus Williams returns the ball to China’s Wang Qiang during their tennis match at the Roland Garros 2017 French Open on May 28, 2017 in Paris. CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP

Venus Williams started her 20th French Open with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) win over China’s Wang Qiang on Sunday..

Williams, seeded 10 and three weeks shy of her 37th birthday, had to dig deep to see off her opponent who had led 4-2 in the first set and 5-3, with set points, in the second.

The American veteran, who made her Roland Garros debut in 1997 and was runner-up to sister Serena in Paris in 2002, will next face Japan’s Kurumi Nara.

Nara defeated 15-year-old Amanda Anisimova of the United States in three sets.

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