Serena stops Stosur to reach Charleston final

Charleston, Apr 8: Serena Williams steamrolled Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the final of the WTA tour's green clay Charleston tournament.
 Williams needed just 59 minutes to subdue the second-seeded Australian, who beat the American in the US Open final last September but has now lost to her twice in two events.
 Williams, seeded fifth, improved to 6-3 overall against Stosur, including a straight-sets victory in Miami 11 days ago in which Williams fired 20 aces.
 Williams had a relatively sedate seven aces on Saturday. She saved both break points she faced and broke Stosur five times as the Australian failed in a bid to become just the eighth player to beat both Williams sisters in the same tournament.
 Stosur defeated Venus Williams in the quarterfinals to spoil the chance of an all-Williams semi.
 Serena Williams awaits the winner of the second semifinal between ninth-seeded Czech Lucie Safarova and 14th-seeded Polona Hercog of Slovenia.
 Hercog, who surprised third-seeded Marion Bartoli in the third round, advanced Friday with a victory over 2006 Charleston champ Nadia Petrova.
 The victory over Bartoli, ranked seventh in the world, was number 38-ranked Hercog's first career victory over a top-10 opponent.
 The 21-year-old owns one career WTA title, but is in the semifinals of one of the WTA's premier level events for the first time. AFP

Lastupdate on : Sun, 8 Apr 2012 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Sun, 8 Apr 2012 18:30:00 GMT
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