30 Dec 2013

Venus Williams to make an evening appearance at ASB Classic

9:02 am on 30 December 2013

The main draw of the Auckland women's tennis Classic begins today with American Venus Williams to feature in the evening action.

In her first round match the former world number one and seven time grand slam winner will face Czech wildcard entry, Andrea Hlavackova

New Zealand's Marina Erakovic will then open her doubles campaign, teaming up with Cara Black of Zimbabwe against two locals, Abigail Guthrie and Sacha Jones, who now represents Australia.