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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
 (Reuters) - A battle-tested Serena Williams booked her spot in the semi-finals of the Toronto Cup on Friday after overcoming a sluggish start to grind out a 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Czech Lucie Safarova.

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.



Photos by Getty Images


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(PHOTOS) 2010 Sony Ericsson Open Kick-Off Party

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Tennis players and other celebs got together for the Sony Ericsson Open Kick-Off Party at LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau Miami on March 23, 2010 in Miami Beach, Florida.


American Venus Williams and singer Jay Sean

Feliciano Lopez, Spain

Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark

Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieska Radwanska

Music Producer Pharrell Williams

Serena Williams, USA

Agnieska and Urszula Radwanska

Singer Mel B and husband Stephen Belafonte

Singing group LMFAO

Jelena Jankovic, Serbia

Galina Voskoboeva, Russia

Andy Murray, Great Britain

Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia

Al Reynolds


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