Robson loses to Serena Williams in Rome

Britain's Laura Robson's joy was short lived after she defeated Venus Williams in the first round of the Italian Open as Venus' younger sister struck her in the second round to avenge her sister's defeat.

World no.1  American Serena Williams, the younger sister of Venus, showed Robson the way out of ROme when she defeated her 6-2, 6-2 Tuesday.

Williams, 31, will play Melanie Oudin or Dominika Cibulkova in round three.

The defeat dents the 19-year-old Briton's hopes of being among the 32 seeds at this month's French Open.

In the meanwhile, there were surprise defeats for fourth seed Radwanska, 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki and 15th seed Ana Ivanovic at the Foro Italico. Simona Halep of Romania upset Radwanska 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 6-2, Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski inflicted a third straight defeat on Wozniacki, 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5), and Urszula Radwanska defeated Ivanovic, 6-3 2-6 6-2.

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