{"id":6825,"date":"2013-07-20T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/merciless-serena-cruises-into-swedish-open-final\/"},"modified":"2013-07-20T18:24:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:24:53","slug":"merciless-serena-cruises-into-swedish-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/merciless-serena-cruises-into-swedish-open-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Merciless Serena cruises into Swedish Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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World number one Serena Williams racked up her 50th win of the year on Saturday when she cruised past Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic to reach the Swedish Open final.<\/p>\n
Williams showed little mercy as she swept to a 6-4, 6-0 victory to set up a clash with home player Johanna Larsson in Sunday’s final.<\/p>\n
Larsson, ranked 76th in the world, had earlier dismissed Italy’s Flavia Panetta, but the world number 103 pushed her all the way before the Swede triumphed 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Swedish player will be appearing in the third WTA final of her career, having already lost in Bastad in 2011 and in Portoroz the previous year.<\/p>\n