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                                      MONTREAL -- Venus Williams opened play in the Rogers Cup on Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Barbora Strycova. Dexter Manley Youth Jersey .Playing her last event before the Rio Olympics, the 36-year-old Williams finished off the overmatched Czech player in 58 minutes. Williams was coming a loss to Britains Johanna Konta on Sunday in the final of the Bank of the West Classic in California.It was definitely more straightforward than some of our other matches, Williams said. Im never happy with my matches. Even an easy scoreline is never enough. But its about figuring out how to win instead of playing perfect.The seven-time Grand Slam champion, seeded sixth, gave up 10 points in the 24-minute second set.The only hiccup for Williams was the seventh game of the first set. Up 4-2, she had her serve broken.I just needed to stay focused, said Williams. A 4-4 is definitely different than a 5-3. But it wasnt necessarily a turning point, because there are matches where Ive been down and came back, and vice versa, so you realize that the match isnt over until its over.Williams will face Madison Keys in the third round. Keys beat fellow American Madison Brengle 6-4, 6-3.Konta also advanced, topping Vania King of the United States 7-5, 6-1.At night, second-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Croatias Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.Fourth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland topped Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-1, 7-5; seventh-seeded Roberta Vinci topped fellow Italian Camila Giorgi 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; and Slovakias Kristina Kucova beat eighth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.Hometown favorite Eugenie Bouchard beat a higher-ranked opponent for the second straight day, topping 11th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-0. On Tuesday, Bouchard beat Lucie Safarova. Bouchard will face qualifier Kucova in the third round.Montreals Francoise Abanda tumbled out, falling 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) to Ukraines Elina Svitolina. Bryce Love Jersey . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. Art Monk Womens Jersey . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. http://www.redskinsrookiestore.com/Redskins-Charley-Taylor-Jersey/ . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. RICHMOND, Ky. -- Jared Pilson, Devin Church and Darshon McCullough ran for scores and Eastern Illinois converted one of three turnovers into points to beat Eastern Kentucky 24-0 on Saturday in a regular-season finale.Church gained 177 yards on 25 carries and became the 12th running back in EIU history to gain 1,000 yards in a season. He scored on an 8-yard run in