Serena doles out double bagel to reach semis

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Reuters: Defending champion Serena Williams walloped Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0 6-0 to race into the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday.

Top seed Williams served up the dreaded ‘double-bagel’ in a quick-fire 52 minutes to set up a clash with fifth seed Li Na, who earlier became China’s first US Open semi-finalist by beating Russian Ekaterina Makarova. It was only the second love-love victory in a US Open women’s quarter-final dating back to 1968, and first since Martina Navratilova subjected Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria to the same embarrassment in 1989. At 31, Williams is campaigning to become the oldest US Open women’s winner since tennis turned professional in 1968. She has lost just 13 games from her five matches so far and said she has been balancing fun with work at Flushing Meadows.