The former British colony has been kind to the American and she has always done well in Hong Kong and next up for the seven-time Grand Slam victor is a clash with France’s Alize Cornet.
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Williams will move into the top eight on the Road to Singapore by reaching the final in Hong Kong, with a semi-final against Jelena Jankovic next up.
“I’ve only seen Venus Williams on television before and to be playing such a famous player on court was a big honor for me, but I was very nervous”, Wang said.
The Serb punished the world number 255 from Australia by winning five of six break points on the Rodionova serve and did not lose a game on her own serve in a clinical display.
The Briton took the opening set with a crucial late break and looked to be well set in the second as Stosur erred again early on, but the fifth seed composed herself to level the match before dominating the decider to win 4-6 6-3 6-0.
Heather Watson lost the last 11 games as her run at the Hong Kong Open came to an end in the quarter-finals against Sam Stosur.
The second seed prevailed 6-1, 6-1 in less than an hour, but sixth seed Teliana Pereira of Brazil went out to unseeded Danka Kovinic of Montenegro, who won 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.
Jankovic beat Daria Gavrilova 6-1 6-1.
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“It was more straightforward than my first match, but it’s never easy-your opponents never give you the match, you have to earn every single point”, said Venus.
