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Third seed Venus Williams stepped up her bid for her third U.S. Open title with a convincing 6-4 6-2 win over fellow American Bethanie Mattek-Sands on Wednesday. Williams was on the brink of defeat against her first round opponent Vera Dushevina of Russia, but cut out the unforced errors in her second match at Flushing Meadows
Tiger Woods is seven shots off the lead after the second day of the Players Championship, with German Alex Cejka’s 5-under 67 putting him clear of the chasing field. Cejka, who has not won a tournament on the PGA Tour, leads Ian Poulter by two shots with a group of six players featuring this year’s Masters winner Angel Cabrera and the American Kevin Na two shots further back