VENUS WILLIAMS

reached her seventh quarter-final of the season at the Hong Kong Open, as she saw off China’s Wang Yafan 6-0 6-2. Williams next meets France’s Alize Cornet as she continues her bid to play in the WTA Finals for the first time since 2009. Cornet, who has won her last three meetings against Serena Williams but never beaten Venus, needed almost two and a half hours to battle past Yaroslava Shvedova 6-7 (4/7) 63 6-4.