US OPEN SERIES ROGERS CUP: Serena "Don't Call It A Comeback" Williams Into Semifinals
Saturday, August 13, 2011
American Serena Williams during quarterfinal match against the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova
Lucie Safarova, CZE |
Williams, whose 11-month layoff with injury and health problems ended in June, was a shadow of herself in the first set but rallied with raw power and shot-making to wrap up the match without losing serve in the last two sets.
"I could have had a better chance in the first set but I lost some key points," Williams, who won the Stanford Classic last month and is on a nine-match winning streak, told reporters.
"It was all about maybe one or two points here that would've made a difference and some silly double faults that didn't make sense."
The third set went with serve until Williams broke world number 32 Safarova in an intense fifth game in which she unleashed several loud screams to get herself going.
The vocal strategy seemed to pay off as she wrapped up the match without conceding another game.
The former world number one, unseeded here because of her long layoff, faces her toughest test yet against Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who has not lost a set en route to the semi-finals and is the highest seeded player left in the draw.
Azarenka ended Kazakh qualifier Galina Voskoboeva's surprise run with a clinical 6-1 6-2 victory.
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