QUEBEC: US top seed Venus Williams advanced to the second round of the WTA tournament at Quebec City with a 7-5, 6-3 triumph over Canada's Francoise Abanda.

The 19th-ranked American, coming off a third-round exit at the US Open, connected on only 59 percent of her first serves but won three-quarters of those points, including five aces, on the way to dispatching her 17-year-old rival in 85 minutes.

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