Alexander: Venus Williams just refuses to lose

INDIAN WELLS — Stubbornness by itself probably isn’t a winning strategy. But there are times it comes in handy.
How else to explain Venus Williams’ first week at the BNP Paribas Open?
She came in unseeded. She lost the middle set 6-0 in her first-round match against Germany’s Andrea Petkovic Thursday and came back to win. And she was down a set and two break points Saturday against Petra Kvitova, who was seeded third here and could conceivably have had a shot at the No. 1