Serena Williams beats Roberta Vinci to advance to fourth round

London, UK
June 26, 2009 

Serena Williams defeated Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Women's Singles. Serena took just 67 minutes to win her 200th grand slam match. The two time Wimbledon winner last won the grass court grand slam title six years ago. Serena will face Daniela Hantuchova in the fourth round who beat Ai Sugiyama 6-4, 6-3 in her third round match.

Serena Williams vs Roberta Vinci - LIVE Match Updates
13:22 BST: Serena Williams wins the match 6-3, 6-4
13:19 BST: Roberta Vinci wins a game on her serve. Williams leads 5-4
13:17 BST: Serena Williams just a game away to win the match. Leads 5-3
13:11 BST: Serena Williams leads 4-3 in second set
13:09 BST: Williams leads 6-3, 4-2
13:06 BST: Serena Williams is two games away from taking the match. Serena Williams leads 6-3, 4-1
13:02 BST: Serena Williams leads 3-1
12:57 BST: Serena Williams leads 2-1 in the second set
12:53 BST: Williams holds serve to go up 2-0 in the second set
12:51 BST: Serena Williams breaks the first game in the second set. Leads 1-0
12:45 BST: Serena Williams wins the first set 6-3
12:43 BST: Williams leads 5-3, serving for the set
12:39 BST: Williams leads 5-2, one game away to take the set
12:37 BST: Roberta Vinci wins a game. Williams leads 4-2
12:35 BST: Serena Williams holds serve to go up 4-1 against Roberta Vinci. Williams is finding it easy
12:30 BST: Serena Williams gets a break. Leads 3-1
12:26 BST: Williams leads 2-1. Roberta Vinci serving now
12:17 BST: Serena Williams wins the first game of the first set. 1-0

In 2009 Wimbledon
Serena Williams defeated Neuza Silva 6-1, 7-5 in her first round and Jarmila Groth 6-2, 6-1 in her second round. Roberta Vinci defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3, 6-2 in first round and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6(8-6) in the second round.

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