Venus Williams won her first match in 18 months but as a perfectionist, she looked at different things after her victory.
The match in which the 42-year-old American won 7-6(4), 6-2 in an hour and 47 minutes, was suspended in the first set due to rain. After the match, Williams admitted that the rain break made her really mad and she didn't handle it really well.
"It's hard when you're all fired up and just suddenly you have to stop," said Williams following the victory. "I was so mad on the rain break. My coach could barely talk to me so I'm going to try to improve my attitude."
In the second round, Venus will play against Lin Zhu from China, who defeated the sixth-seeded Madison Brengle in the first round. However, she may need to wait for her match as the 2023 ASB Classic in Auckland is struggling with rain.
The schedule is packed with many first-round matches on Tuesday as only six matches were completed. The American will hope that she won't need to encounter another rain delay on her way to a potentially second win in 2023.
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