Venus Williams gets by Davis in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open

Venus Williams conquers Lauren Davis 7-5 6-2 in the 1^st round in Cincinnati on Monday. Williams will clash against Kiki Bertens in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Williams won the set after she broke the American in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Davis tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Venus didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

2^nd set.

Venus in this set played a much better tennis than Davis and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Lauren in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

The American lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 73 points vs. Davis’s 60 points.

Venus was effective in converting 67% of the break points that she conquered (4/6). On the other side, Davis was struggling in converting her break points because she converted only 13% of her break points (1/8). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Williams and Davis is 4-0 for Venus.

Highlights Venus Williams vs. Lauren Davis Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Next Match: Venus Williams vs. Kiki Bertens – H2H and stats

Williams will come up against Bertens in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Venus Williams and Kiki Bertens square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Williams and Bertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Bertens won 6-2 6-7⁵ 8-6 in the 3^rd round in London back in 2018.