Venus Williams cruises in Doha opener

Venus Williams didn’t break a sweat against world no. 104 Petra Martic. The former world no.1 got a decisive lead in both sets (4-0 in the first and 4-1 in the second) to finally score 56 points vs. Martic’s 33.

In the second round Venus will clash against seed no.3 Petra Kvitova. Head to head is 2-1 for Petra.

Among the other results Sloane Stephens was upset by Cetkovska, Roberta Vinci lost to Pironkova and Flavia Pennetta lost to Taiwanese qualifier Su-Wei Hsieh.