By Miles EvansPARIS, May 26 (Reuters) - Venus Williams took another step towards her first French Open title with a routine 6-2 6-4 victory over Spain’s Arantxa Parra Santonja at Roland Garros on Wednesday.
Wearing an eye-catching black lace corset-style outfit, the second seed bossed most of the rallies as a stiff breeze lashed an overcast Court Philippe Chatrier, coming through in an hour and 35 minutes.
Santonja, who has an unusual double-handed grip on both wings, extended the American with some deft groundstrokes before Williams broke decisively in game seven of the second set, sealing the win when Santonja ballooned a return long.
She next faces Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova or Varvara Lepchenko of the United States in the third round.
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