Serena Williams breezes past Suarez Navarro to reach the semifinal in Rome

Easy stuff for Serena! It took only 56 minutes for the American to eat the Spaniard in 2 quick sets.

Serena was always in full control of the match to break Carla 5 times without dropping a single service game. Serena blasted also an impressive 7 aces on 7 service games to serve also a bagel to the Spaniard in the second set.

From Serena

“I’ve been pretty consistent, and pretty healthy, knock on wood,” Serena said. “I feel great, never felt better.”

The semis against Halep

Serena will play Simona Halep in the semifinal. The Romanian has beaten Helena Jankovic 4-6 6-0 7-5. Head to head is 1-0 for Serena.

2013 WTA Rome - Draw