Toronto, August 22: Second-seeded Serena Williams has stormed into the semi-finals of the USD two million WTA Rogers Cup with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Lucie Safarova.
Williams, the reigning Wimbledon, Australian Open and US Open champion, made short work of the Czech qualifier, needing just 57 minutes to advance without facing a break point, yesterday.
Williams fired seven aces past Safarova as she booked a meeting with fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva, the woman she beat in an epic three-set semi-final at Wimbledon this year.
Dementieva, the 2008 Olympic gold medallist, rallied to beat unseeded Aussie Samantha Stosur 6-7 (3/7), 6-1, 6-3.
“It was not easy to play.
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