Williams wins at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -
Williams downed the 31-year-old Tanasugarn 6-4, 6-3 on Court 1
to extend her career record over the Thai player to 7-0. The
seventh-seeded American, who hasn't dropped a set all tournament,
was limping slightly at the end of the match with a hamstring
problem.
"It feels a little bit tight," she said. "I'll be fine. I'm a
big girl. I can deal with it."
Two-time champion Serena Williams, seeded No. 6, was scheduled
on Centre Court later against 19-year-old Agnieszka Radwanska of
Poland.
The Williams sisters are in opposite halves of the draw and
could meet in Saturday's final. The two have been twice before in
the Wimbledon final, with Serena winning both in 2003 and '04.
"That would be amazing if we both were in the final," Venus
Williams said. "I have to take it one more step and keep playing
power tennis."
Tuesday's other matchups were No. 5 Elena Dementieva vs. Nadia
Petrova, and No. 18 Nicole Vaidisova vs. China's Zheng Jie.
The 60th-ranked Tanasugarn, playing in her first Grand Slam
quarterfinal, pushed Williams as hard as she could but didn't have
enough to cope with her power game.
