Williams romped past two rounds in a total of 105 minutes. In Round one, she dispatched Bojana Jovanovski 6-1,doudoune moncler, 6-1 in 56 minutes. On Thursday, Williams was even better, dusting off Michaella Krajicek 6-0,coach handbags, 6-1 in 49 minutes thanks to 25 winners to just 10 unforced errors and an 83 percent conversion rate on her break point chances, making five of six.
dismissed Britain's Elena Baltacha, 6-4, 6-3, and 18th seeded Roberta Vinci as the Italian edged off Alize Cornet of France,polo ralph lauren, 6-2, 6-3.
Former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic faced even less of a test,ralph lauren, advancing with a walkover against Petra Cetkovsa because of a left thigh injury. Cetkvosa had beaten Ivanovic in the third round of Wimbledon.
Another former No. 1, Jelena Jankovic,cheap coach outlet, took out Jelena Dokic 6-4, 6-4. The 11th-seeded Serbian, who is rumored to be feuding with Maria Sharapova, now takes on the 17th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who powered off Petra Martic of Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Schiavone didn't face a break point against Lucic, and broke the 96th-seeded Croatian five times in eight chances.
"So now, if anything, it should motivate me more. I know she's a fighter and she's really strong. She's great. I think she's really happy now that she knows what it is after all this time."
Serena now awaits the winner of Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, the No. 4 seed in this year's draw, and Gisela Dulko of Argentina.
"I felt good and I was excited for today's match and opportunity for revenge," the Serbian said. "But just have to keep that momentum. Now I get an extra day off, which is always nice."
Serena Williams of the U.S. gestures after winning her match against Michaella Kajicek of the Netherlands at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 1,polo ralph lauren pas cher, 2011
Serena's sister Venus pulled out of the tournament on Wednesday due to an autoimmune disease, which is called Sjogren's Syndrome involving white blood cells and organ and system function.
NEW YORk,ralph lauren pas cher, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Serena Williams and last year's French Open champion Francesca Schiavone played red hot matches in U.S. Open as Williams allowed only one game and Schiavone surrendered two in cuising into third round on Thursday.
"She wants me to do the best. She wouldn't want me to suffer," 13-time grand slam winner Serena said.
Serena said she wanted to use her sister's sickness and withdrawal as motivation to do her very best.
Two former No. 1s and a past French Open champion all advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open early Thursday afternoon.
Ivanovic, who has struggled to regain her form since reaching No. 1 in 2008, reached the fourth round last year at Flushing Meadows. The No. 16 seed will try to get back there when she faces Sloane Stephens.
Other seeds advanced were 10th seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany,franklin marshall, who beat China's Zheng Jie 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; 15th seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova,coach outlet, who
No. 7 seed Francesca Schiavone, who won at Roland Garros in 2010, routed Mirjana Lucic, 6-1,moncler, 6-1 in the first match at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The only seeded casualty was Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova, seeded 29th, who subsided to American Vania King 6-2, 6-0.
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