Serena Williams after beating Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic will face Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Kremlin Cup semifinals.
Williams beat eighth-seeded Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 7-6 (7), and the top-seeded Kuznetsova defeated Vera Dushevina 6-2, 6-2, on Friday.
Last Friday, Kuznetsova beat Williams in the quarterfinals of the Porsche GP in Stuttgart, Germany.
"(In Stuttgart ) she served really well. I expect her to serve well again. I just feel like I have to be tough going into it. It's going to be a good match regardless," Williams said Elena Dementieva of Russia reached the semifinals at the Kremlin Cup for the fifth straight time, beating Belarusian teenager Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (4), 6-2.
She will next play Dinara Safina, who eliminated Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
On the men's side, defending champion Nikolay Davydenko reached the semifinals by beating Igor Andreev 7-5, 7-5.
Janko Tipsarevic, Paul-Henri Mathieu and Michael Berrer also advanced.
Tipsarevic beat Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, Mathieu eliminated Florent Serra of France 6-3, 6-3 and eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber retired with a back injury after losing the first set to Berrer 6-3.
Williams pressured Vaidisova from the start and didn't allow the Czech to hold her serve without being taken to deuce or facing a break point until the fifth game of the second set.
In the eighth game, Williams was broken and trailed 5-3, but she broke back and saved a set point on a deuce in the 12th game to force a tiebreaker.
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