Kontaveit defeats Venus Williams in Rome

Anett Kontaveit has triumphed again at the WTA tournament in Rome. The current Libéma Open champion was too strong for eighth seed Venus Willliams in the third round: 6-2 7-6(3). Kontaveit also defeated the former world’s number one in Madrid last week.

Earlier this week Kontaveit defeated CoCo Vandeweghe and Svetlana Kuznetsova. The world’s number has not yet lost a single set at the Italian gravel.

The 22-year-old Estonian, who is trained by Holland’s Glen Schaap, will play against Caroline Wozniacki or 15^th seed Anastasija Sevastova for a spot in the semi-finals. Wozniacki is the world’s number two and 2^nd seed at the Premier event.