Venus Williams suffers worst Wimbledon defeat

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Venus Williams suffers worst Wimbledon defeat

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5-time champion Monday slumped to a first round exit at the hands of Russia's Elena Vesnina.

25 June,2012 07:15 pm

Williams lost 6-1, 6-3 to the 79th-ranked Russian in what was the 32-year-olds first opening round loss at the All England Club since she made her 1997 debut.Vesnina will face Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska for a place in the last 32.