Evergreen Venus coasts into Montreal third round

Venus Williams breezed into the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal with a straight sets rout of Barbora Strycova as home hope Eugenie Bouchard upset 11th seed Dominika Cibulkova. Sixth seed Williams, 36, showed no sign of lingering weariness following her defeat in the final of the WTA Stanford event in California last weekend, maintaining her 100 percent record over Strycova with a 6-3, 6-0 win. Williams was pleased to have wrapped up the win in under an hour after a marathon three-hour