MOSCOW, Aug 8 American tennis player Serena Williams advanced to the second round of the category tournament WTA 1000 in Toronto, Canada with a prize pool of over $2.5 millionWTA National Bank Open08 August 2022 • Start at 19:30FinishedNuria Parrizas-DíazSpain0 : 23:64:6Serena WilliamsUSAWilliams beats Spaniard in the first round Nuria Parrizas-Diaz with a score of 6:3, 6:4. The match lasted almost two hours. Williams' next opponent will be the winner of the match Belinda Bencic (Switzerland, 12th seed) — Teresa Martincova (Czech Republic). Williams has not played on the WTA tour since the summer of 2021. At the end of June, the 40-year-old tennis player showed up for the Wimbledon tournament, but could not go through the first round, losing to Frenchwoman Harmony Tan. In July, the American dropped out of the WTA rankings. Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam singles winner.
