Venus knocked out of first round of Australian Open
Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed
Venus Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia during their women's singles match at the Australian Open 2014 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 13, 2014.
The 22nd seeded Russian came back from 3-0 down in the deciding set as seven-times grand slam champion Williams struggled to hold serve at Margaret Court Arena.
The 33-year-old Williams had conceded a decisive break in the second set with three successive double-faults and was powerless to prevent Makarova from sealing the match in a hurry.
Makarova brought up three match points with a big volley and closed it out when Williams blasted long on the second of them.
The Russian next faces American Irina Falconi.
(Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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