Venus Williams opened her European clay-court season with a scrappy 6-2 4-6 6-2 win over Lucie Safarova in the second round of the Italian Open.
The fourth seed eased through the first set but 22-year-old Safarova broke in the third game of the second set and held serve easily to level the match.
The Czech had four [...]

Unites States captain Corey Pavin will play in June’s Wales Open at Celtic Manor ahead of the 2010 Ryder Cup.
It means Pavin and Colin Montgomerie, captain of Europe, will come together in a competitive arena for the first time since they were both appointed.
For Pavin it will be his first look at the Twenty Ten [...]