CARSON, CALIFORNIA - Venus Williams needed two games to warm up, then overwhelmed 19-year-old Ashley Harkleroad of Rossville, Georgia 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the J.P. Morgan Chase Open. <br>
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The second-seeded Williams hit powerful groundstrokes throughout the 50-minute match that sent Harkleroad scrambling behind the baseline.<br>
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Harkleroad won the first two games before Williams took the next seven while losing only six points in the final five games. <br>
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Harkleroad - who lost to Williams earlier in the year in the Australian Open - is trying to recapture her form after a four-month layoff caused by a torn ligament in her right elbow.
