Australian Open: Venus Williams beats Barthel to reach ninth quarter-final

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January 22, 2017 at 04:49AM

• 36-year-old beats German 6-3, 7-5 on Rod Laver Arena
• Williams will face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in last eight

The former world No1 Venus Williams continued her fine Australian Open as she beat Germany’s Mona Barthel in straight sets to reach the last eight for the ninth time in her career.

Barthel, the German qualifier, provided a stern test for Williams on Rod Laver Arena but the American 13th seed kept up her record of not having dropped a set in the tournament, eventually winning 6-3, 7-5.

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