Italy's Flavia Pennetta booked herself a second round clash with World No 1 Serena Williams at the WTA and ATP Masters Miami hardcourt event after a 6-4, 6-1 first-round victory Tuesday over Swede Johanna Larsson. Pennetta, ranked 103rd, will meet Williams on Thursday in a second-round match at the $8.5 million event, which awarded byes to all 32 seeded players in both the men's and women's draws.
Williams' 19th-seeded sister Venus, a former World No 1 with seven Grand Slam singles crowns, will open against Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm, who ousted South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-0. Defending champion and fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland will open against Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei, who downed Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 7-6 (17/15). Chinese fifth seed Li Na learned she will open against Dutch rival Kiki Bertens.
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