Serena dashes into quarters

LONDON (Reuters) - Second seed Serena Williams wasted little time in joining sister Venus in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on Monday with a 6-3 6-1 demolition of unseeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova.

Serena, a two-time champion here and the reigning Australian Open champion, never looked in any danger as her superior power in all departments gave Hantuchova minimal options.

She raced to the opening set in just 30 minutes before Hatuchova''s game folded completely in the second and she clinched victory after just 56 minutes when the Slovak sent a forehand on the run wide.

She will play Victoria Azarenka, the eighth seed from Belarus, for a place in the semi-finals.

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