Venus Williams wins too in Olympic tennis

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BEIJING -- About half an hour after Serena Williams advanced to the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament, her sister, Venus, joined her Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the Czech Republic’s Iveta Benesova.

Except for Rafael Nadal, who won his first-round match in three sets, none of the top-seeded players have been challenged.

It’s not very compelling tennis. Perhaps the round of 64 should be cut to 16 in 2012 in London.

In doubles, Lindsay Davenport and Liezel Huber beat Poland’s Klaudia Jans and Alicja Rosolska, 6-2, 6-1.

--Randy Harvey