LONDON, June 25 (UPI) -- Venus Williams, trying to regain the Wimbledon title she relinquished to her sister last year, appears to be getting healthier.
The women's No. 4 seed never faced a break point and needed just over an hour to reach the third round with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia on Wednesday.
Williams, who has been battling a pulled abdominal muscle for three months, was in control after breaking at 3-3 in the first set. In the last eight grand slams, she is 1-4 against her sister and 43-2 against everyone else.
Other winners Wednesday included Andy Roddick, Todd Martin, Roger Federer, Mardy Fish, Rainer Schuettler, Sebastien Grosjean, Paradorn Srichaphan, Kim Clijsters, Chanda Rubin, Lindsay Davenport, Ai Sugiyama, and Vera Zvonareva.
