All- Williams semis at Montreal
Montreal, Aug. 9: Serena and Venus Williams will clash in the semi- finals of the Montreal WTA tournament after the American sisters battled through tough three- setters in the quarter- finals here.
World no. 1 Serena outlasted Caroline Woznia- cki to clinch a 46, 7- 5, 7- 5 victory while Venus also came from a set down to beat Spanish 14th seed Carla Suarez Navarro, the third round conqueror of Maria Sharapova, 4- 6, 62, 6- 3.
Serena will take a 14- 10 career lead over her older sister into the semi- final.
The 32- year- old has won their last five meetings while Venus’s most recent win was in Dubai in 2009.
Serena, who lifted her third Canadian crown last year when the tournament was held in Toronto, battled back from a set and a break down to claim victory over Wozniacki in two hours and 41 minutes.
Wozniacki, a former world no. 1 who is seeded 11th, claimed her only victory over the US star in the quarter- finals at Miami in 2012.
Wozniacki had been riding an eight- match winning streak, including a title in Istanbul in July. Sania Mirza and Cara Black spanked Raquel Kops- Jones and Abigail Spears in just 52 minutes to seal a semi- final berth at the US Open warm- up event.
The fourth seeded IndoZimbabwean pair knocked out the sixth seeded American team 6- 2, 61 in the lop- sided quarter- final contest.
Sania and Cara converted six of the 10 break chances in the match in which they won 52 points to 27 of their rivals.
They next face the formidable second seeded pair of Su- Wei Hsieh from Taipei and Shuai Peng from China.