1

Venus Wins

Coming off a first-round loss in Melbourne, Venus Williams needed a win. It didn’t particularly matter where, and it didn’t particularly matter against whom. She got it in Taiwan. The seven-time Grand Slam champion defeated Lee Pei-chi in straight sets and will take on Urszula Radwanska next.

2

Sharapova Out of Doha

This doesn’t exactly come as a surprise. The five-time Grand Slam champion has been dealing with a forearm injury, and has announced that she won’t play the Qatar TotalOpen later this month. The injury prevented her from playing Fed Cup this past week,and it’s likely that we won’t see her again until Indian Wells in early March.

3

Rising Youth

It’s just Memphis. And it was just a win over fellow teenager Michael Mmoh. But 18-year-old Taylor Fritz, who rose nearly 1,000 spots in the ATP rankings last year, just continues to impress. It was the second ATP tour win for the Californian, who will take on countryman Steve Johnson in an intriguing second-round match.