Serena Williams beat Sara Errani 6-1 6-3 and book her place in the French Open semi-finals at Roland Garros.
The top seed American is aiming for her 20th Grand Slam title, Williams required just 27 minutes to take the first set but was made to work hard in the second by 17th-seed Errani.
She will face Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky who beat Alison van Uytvanck of Belgium 6-4 7-5.
Meanwhile Timea Bacsinszky is the first Swiss woman since Martina Hingis in 2001 to reach the last four at Roland Garros (French Open).
A fine backhand passing shot handed Errani, 28, an immediate break back but Williams cruised to the opening set.
Errani upped her pace in the second, but it was still not enough as Williams broke for a 4-3 lead and she finished it off on her fourth match point.
Bacsinszky, 25, made her first Grand Slam semi-final after overcoming unseeded Vvan Uytvanck of Belgium 6-4 7-5.
"For me, it doesn't matter who I'm going to be playing against," said Bacsinszky.
"I just want to have one or two or three tactics and try to put them in the game."
0 comments:
Post a Comment