DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Top-ranked Serena Williams had little trouble joining sister Venus, in the Dubai Championships semifinals on Thursday.
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fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. The only
blip in Williams game came when she lost serve in a tentatively played fifth
game in the first set. "She was the better player tonight," Jankovic said. "Way
better. "I just played a bad match on my terms." The only drama in the 76-minute
match came in the final game with Jankovic serving. The umpire, Kader Nouni of
France, told Jankovic she was serving too fast and then too slow, when taking
more than the 25 seconds allotted. Williams was briefly brought into the fray
when Jankovic made note that Williams often took more than the 25 seconds
allowed to serve. After the match, the players conversed at the net and both
reported they left the court on good terms. "I told her at the end, Look, I
didnt mean anything. Im sorry if I played slow," Williams said. "She was like,
No, it was more like they say (I) play too fast and then too slow. She said she
couldnt get it right. "I was like, Look, are we cool because Im cool with you?"
In that final game, Jankovic initially rebounded from love-40 before Williams
won on a fourth match point with a scorching forehand passing shot. Williams
will play Alize Cornet of France in the semifinals. Cornet scored a 7-5, 6-3 win
over Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. Venus Williams reached her fourth Dubai
semifinal with a 6-3, 7-5 win over qualifier Flavia Pennetta of Italy. Williams,
who won this title in 2009 and 2010, had to serve for the match twice in the
second set. "She just keeps fighting," Williams said of Pennetta. "She stays
relevant. Thats what she does really well. I have to give her credit for that."
Serving at 5-4 in the second set, Williams missed out on a match point when
Pennetta hit a forehand crosscourt winner to bring the score to deuce. Four
points later and Pennetta broke serve to even the score at 5-5. After Pennetta
dropped serve in the 11th game Williams had a second chance to close out the
match. Initially, Williams fell behind 0-40. On a second match point Pennetta
popped a return long to concede the win. Williams will play eighth-seeded
Caroline Wozniacki, the 2011 Dubai champion, in Fridays semifinals. Wozniacki
had little trouble dispatching 27th-ranked Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 6-2.
"That was really pleasing, and I always know that Sorana can be a tricky
opponent," Wozniacki said. "I felt like I served well and I put the pressure on
her and played the way I wanted to play today." Although not guaranteed, Venus
Williams wasnt opposed to thinking ahead to the possibility of an all-Williams
final on Saturday. "It would be fantastic," Venus said. "But we both have to get
there."
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ORLEANS -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 24 points, Monta Ellis added 23 and the Dallas
Mavericks sent the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans to their fourth straight
loss, 107-90 on Friday night. Vince Carter added 14 points and Jae Crowder 12
for Dallas, which never trailed. The Mavericks led by as many as 23 points in
the third quarter before cruising against a Pelicans squad minus starting point
guard Jrue Holiday and leading scorer Ryan Anderson. Holiday missed his first
game with a stress fracture in his right shin. Anderson went down last week with
a herniated disk. Eric Gordon scored 27 points for New Orleans, while
Anthony Davis added 21 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots. That wasnt
nearly enough to keep pace with the Mavs, who hit 14 of 28 3-point shots and
shot 52.6 per cent (41 of 78) overall. Dallas broke open the game with a 27-6
run that spanned from late in the second quarter until Brandan Wrights layup
made it 76-53 with 3:35 to go in the third quarter. Nowitzki scored nine of his
points during the run, including one of his four 3-pointers. Brian Roberts
started in place of Holiday, but was limited by early foul trouble and finished
with nine points. Austin Rivers had 12 points. But the Pelicans turned the ball
over 18 times, setting up 25 Dallas points. Meanwhile, Pelicans guard
Tyreke Evans sat out the second half with a sore left ankle after missing his
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and the Mavs led by as many as 12 in the second quarter when Samuel Dalemberts
dunk made it 40-28. It might have been worse if not for Gordons 14 points in the
first quarter, and 19 in the opening half. Gordons 3 and driving floater on
successive possessions capped a 10-0 run that pulled New Orleans to 40-38. The
Pelicans were still as close as 49-47 with 3:16 left in the period, but with
Nowitzki and Dalembert returning to finish the quarter, Dallas pulled away
again. Nowitzki had 14 of his points in the opening half, and his 18-foot jumper
ignited a 13-2 run to close second quarter. During the spurt, Ellis twice
converted layups set up by New Orleans turnovers, giving Dallas 19 points off of
11 first-half turnovers. Jose Calderon and Ellis both added 3s as Dallas took a
62-49 lead into halftime. NOTES: The teams play each other again Saturday night
in Dallas. ... The Mavs 62 points at halftime were the most allowed in a first
half by New Orleans this season. ... In the past 10 days, New Orleans has
allowed 60-point first halves three times, giving up 61 to Minnesota on Jan. 1
and 61 to Washington on Jan. 8. ... Since Dec. 28, Dallas has eclipsed 60
first-half points five times in its last eight games, with a high of 70
first-half points against the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 3.
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