Venus eases through in Dubai
Date published :
18 Feb 2010 - 20:28:02
Venus Williams claimed her place in the last four of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight-sets victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
The third seed broke her Russian opponent four times on her way to a 6-3 6-4 win to set up a semi-final clash with Shahar Peer.
The eighth-seeded Israeli was leading Li Na 7-5 3-0 when the Chinese player retired with a back injury.
Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka was too strong for Vera Zvonareva, beating the Russian 12th seed 6-1 6-3 in just 72 minutes.
Azarenka's last-four opponent will be Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska after the seventh seed battled back from a set down to see off Regina Kulikova 3-6 6-4 6-3.
