{"id":12419,"date":"2012-07-14T12:44:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T10:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/tennis-serena-through-to-stanford-semis-bartoli-cibulkova-upset\/"},"modified":"2012-07-14T12:44:29","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T10:44:29","slug":"tennis-serena-through-to-stanford-semis-bartoli-cibulkova-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/tennis-serena-through-to-stanford-semis-bartoli-cibulkova-upset\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Serena through to Stanford semis; Bartoli, Cibulkova upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Matt Cronin<\/span><\/p>\n

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STANFORD, California, July 13<\/span> (Reuters) – Serena Williams
\nhas still not kicked post Wimbledon jet lag, but she still
\nmanaged to beat Chanelle Scheepers 6-4 6-0 in the quarter-finals
\nof the Stanford Classic on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Second seed Mario Bartoli and third seed Dominika Cibulkova,
\nhowever, did not fare as well with France’s Bartoli beaten by
\nYanina Wickmayer 6-3 6-2, while Romania’s Sorana Cirstea beat
\nSlovakia’s Cibulkova 6-7 6-2 6-0.<\/p>\n

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Williams, who won her fifth Wimbledon singles title last
\nweek, arrived in Northern California on Monday and had been
\nunable to get a good’s night sleep.<\/p>\n

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She woke up at 1 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Friday and stayed awake
\nfor five hours watching the final season of the television show
\nDesperate Housewives.<\/p>\n

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“I was hoping to fall back asleep but I didn’t,” Williams
\nsaid. “I was crying as always. I love that show. I was wide wake
\nas if I was in Europe still.”<\/p>\n

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In her victory over the South African, Williams felt
\nsluggish but she woke up toward the end of the first set.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I didn’t feel great going out, but I expected to stay
\nconsistent till I started to feel better and then I started
\nmoving well and that really helped a lot,” Williams said.<\/p>\n

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Wickmayer went into her match against Bartoli with an 0-3
\nrecord but out hit the world number 10 from inside the baseline
\nto reach her second semi-final of the year.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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