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MASON – Serena Williams, the winner of three of the last four Grand Slams, made an quick start to her 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women’s Open, taking just 61 minutes to down Kateryna Bondarenko 6-3 6-2.

Williams, who reached the Cincinnati semifinals in 2006, fired 13 aces in the match, compared to none for Bondarenko.

“I’ve been working on my serve,” Williams said after the match. “I was really disappointed at Stanford in how I served. I felt like I hadn't been serving well in practice, so I definitely didn't expect to hit that many aces today.”

Williams advances to the third round where she’ll face Sybille Bammer. That match will be the third contested after noon on Center Court on Thursday.

The second seed, Williams is one of the nine players from the Top 10 of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour to have reached the third round in Cincinnati.

Serena was also one of six Top 10 players to win on Wednesday. Read More

Here’s a look at the final results from Wednesday:

SINGLES SECOND ROUND
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-3 6-2
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d (Q) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-3 6-4
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d (WC) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 7-6(6) 6-3
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d Alisa Kleybenova (RUS) 6-4 1-6 7-5
(8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 4-6 6-4 6-4
(9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Anna Chakvedtadze (RUS) 6-4 6-2
Melinda Czink (HUN) d (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 7-6(6) 7-5
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d (13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-0 7-5
Shuai Peng (CHN) d Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 5-7 6-2 6-1
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d Patty Schnyder (SUI) 6-2 7-5
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 7-5 1-6 6-4
Sonara Cirstea (ROU) d Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 6-3 6-2

DOUBLES FIRST ROUND
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) d Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Zi Yan (CHN) 6-4 6-0

DOUBLES SECOND ROUND
(1) Cara Black (RSA) / Liezel Huber (USA) d Sania Mirza (IND) / Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 64 63
(2) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d (WC) Melanie Oudin (USA) / Shenay Perry (USA) 6-3 6-2
Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) d (3) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Shuai Peng (CHN) 1-6 6-4 10-6
Alisa Kleybenova (RUS) / Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) d (4) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) / Lisa Raymond (USA) 4-6 6-3 10-2
(5) Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) / Jie Zheng (CHN) d Gisela Dulko (ARG) / Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-3 6-3
(8) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Nadia Petrova (RUS) d Ipek Senoglu (TUR) / Yarosloava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-3 6-3

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