The second-seeded American cruised by Ukranian Alona Bondarenko 6-1, 6-4 in the third round of the US$2-million WTA event Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals.
The victory may have been extra sweet for Williams, the highest-seeded player left at the tournament after top-seed Dinara Safina was eliminated. After Venus Williams fell to Kateryna Bondarenko on Wednesday, sister Serena returned the favour by eliminating Alona, Kateryna's sister.
Williams will face the winner of China's Jie Zheng's match with Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic later Thursday.
Earlier, Elena Dementieva rallied against a persistent Shahar Peer, defeating the Israeli 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. The fourth-seeded Russian stumbled in the second set and needed to fight Peer off in the third.
Dementieva will face Australia's Samantha Stosur in the quarter-finals. Stosur swept France's Virginie Razzano 6-3, 6-1 earlier Thursday.
Meanwhile, Aravane Rezai couldn't repeat the magic of her huge upset over Safina, falling 6-3, 6-4 to Russia's Alisa Kleybanova.
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