Serena Williams survives upset scare, beats Flavia Pennetta in Toronto

Published May 03, 2016

Serena Williams hits a return to Flavia Pennetta, of Italy, during second round play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) (The Associated Press)

Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, serves to Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2015. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) (The Associated Press)

Top-ranked Serena Williams rebounded to beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Tuesday in the first round of the WTA Tour's Rogers Cup.

The 21-time Grand Slam winner won a day after sister Venus Williams was eliminated in straight sets by Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

Also Tuesday, France's Alize Cornet upset ninth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4, qualifier Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia beat 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2, and No. 11 Ekaterina Makarova of Russia topped American qualifier Anna Tatishvili 6-3, 6-3

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka beat Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-1, 6-4, and Germany's Angelique Kerber beat Japanese qualifier Misaki Doi 6-0, 6-1.

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