By Larry Fine
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Serena Williams demolished
unseeded Czech Andrea Hlavackova with a ‘double bagel’ 6-0 6-0
victory at the U.S. Open on Monday to set up a quarter-finals
showdown with Serbian Ana Ivanovic.
The fourth-seeded American, who has dropped only 12 games
though her first four matches at Flushing Meadows, needed just
57 minutes to book her spot in the round of eight against former
world number one Ivanovic.
“Andrea played really well today even though it was love and
love,” said Williams, who is riding a high from a London summer
that brought her the Wimbledon title and the Olympic singles
gold medal. “I think I played really well today. I haven’t
played like that all tournament.”
The 12th-seeded Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open champion,
beat Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-0 6-4 in her fourth-round
match.
(Editing by Frank Pingue)
