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Venus Williams suffers 16th straight defeat after losing to teenager

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“Venus Williams suffers 16th straight defeat after losing to teenager”

Dubai: Former world number one Venus Williams suffered her 16th consecutive singles defeat after losing to an opponent 28 years her junior at the Guangzhou Open. The 46-year-old American, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, was beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Austria’s 18-year-old Lilli Tagger on Tuesday. The age difference between the pair is the largest in a WTA match this decade and ranks among the biggest seen in the history of the professional tour. Williams, currently ranked 599th in the world,…

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