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Serena Williams into Sydney semifinals
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January 13, 2010, Wednesday
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TOP-RANKED Serena Williams advanced to the semifinals at the Sydney International with a 6-2, 6-2 win today over Vera Dushevina of Russia.
Dushevina sprayed a forehand wide to give Williams two match points and then double-faulted to finish the match in exactly an hour in a swirling breeze at the Sydney 2000 Olympics venue.
Williams, playing her only warmup tournament ahead of her attempted title defense at the Australian Open, next plays France's Aravane Rezai, who had a 6-3, 6-0 win over Italian Flavia Pennetta.
No. 2 Dinara Safina was playing Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva later Wednesday in another quarterfinal - a rematch from last year's Sydney final.
The winner will meet sixth-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who advanced 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.
On the men's side, Lleyton Hewitt started his bid for a fifth Sydney title with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Italian Andreas Seppi, reaching the quarterfinals with one 55-minute victory.
Former top-ranked Hewitt won six straight games, then overcame an early service break in the second set and won six straight games to finish when Seppi double-faulted at match point.
Fourth-seeded Hewitt, a former US Open and Wimbledon champion, squared his career head-to-heads at 2-all with Seppi.
"I've had match points against him and ended up losing - that scoreline today looks a lot better," Hewitt said.
Hewitt next plays 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, who ousted sixth-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 7-5, 6-3.
Another Australian advanced to the quarterfinals when Peter Luczak had an upset 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over second-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
Also advancing were Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet - who beat eighth-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-2, 7-6 (4) - and American Mardy Fish, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Russia's Evgency Korolev.
Dushevina sprayed a forehand wide to give Williams two match points and then double-faulted to finish the match in exactly an hour in a swirling breeze at the Sydney 2000 Olympics venue.
Williams, playing her only warmup tournament ahead of her attempted title defense at the Australian Open, next plays France's Aravane Rezai, who had a 6-3, 6-0 win over Italian Flavia Pennetta.
No. 2 Dinara Safina was playing Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva later Wednesday in another quarterfinal - a rematch from last year's Sydney final.
The winner will meet sixth-seeded Victoria Azarenka, who advanced 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.
On the men's side, Lleyton Hewitt started his bid for a fifth Sydney title with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Italian Andreas Seppi, reaching the quarterfinals with one 55-minute victory.
Former top-ranked Hewitt won six straight games, then overcame an early service break in the second set and won six straight games to finish when Seppi double-faulted at match point.
Fourth-seeded Hewitt, a former US Open and Wimbledon champion, squared his career head-to-heads at 2-all with Seppi.
"I've had match points against him and ended up losing - that scoreline today looks a lot better," Hewitt said.
Hewitt next plays 2006 Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis, who ousted sixth-seeded Viktor Troicki of Serbia 7-5, 6-3.
Another Australian advanced to the quarterfinals when Peter Luczak had an upset 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over second-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
Also advancing were Frenchmen Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet - who beat eighth-seeded Benjamin Becker of Germany 6-2, 7-6 (4) - and American Mardy Fish, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Russia's Evgency Korolev.
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