Summary Serena Williams beat Roberta Vinci of Italy, 6-1, 6-3 to reach French Open quarter-finals.
PARIS (AFP) - Serena Williams bludgeoned her way to another lopsided win at the French Open on Sunday as she continued her quest for a second French Open title, 11 years after her first.
The top seeded American needed just 70 minutes to dispose of the world s top doubles player, Roberta Vinci of Italy, 6-1, 6-3 and in four matches at Roland Garros this year, she has dropped just 10 games.
The win puts her into a quarter-final matchup against unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia who won the title in Paris in 2009 after defeating Williams in a quarter-final thriller.
Kuznetsova, who outlasted eighth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, said she would relish going up again against Williams, even given her current form.
"I mean, she s the best in the world so far. She s been playing unbelievable tennis," she said.
"But I believe that I have the game and my good days, as well. Let s cross fingers I will have a good day on that one. She s just a fighter. She s unbelievable, you know."
Williams said that she expected a tough match every time she comes up against Kuznetsova.
"I mean, the last time we played here she won, so that will probably get her pumped up and she s on a comeback," she added.
"She has nothing to lose but everything to gai. She also wants to do well, and she s won this tournament before.
"I have had some pretty tough matches this claycourt season, and I think for sure that will be another one."
Also through to the last eight was last year s runner-up Sara Errani who overcame stomach pain at the end of the first set to defeat Carla Suarez-Navarro of Spain 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
The Italian will take on fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland who defeated the 2008 champion Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-4 in the last match of the day.
The victory for Williams takes her career-best winning streak to 28, the third longest since 2000 behind sister Venus (35) and Justine Henin (32).
