Second-seeded Serena Williams advanced to the quarterfinals Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 third-round win over Alona Bondarenko at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. The reigning Wimbledon, Australian Open and U.S.

Patty Schnyder and Agnes Szavay won their semifinal matches Saturday to set up their Sunday championship match at the GDF Suez Grand Prix. The top-seeded Schnyder had her quarterfinal match suspended due to rain Friday but Saturday won 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 win over Alisa Kleybanova.

Agnes Szavay was an easy straight-set winner Friday at the GDF Suez Grand Prix tennis tournament in her native Hungary. Szavay, the tournament's No. 4 seed, dispatched Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-3 on the strength of seven service breaks.

Sixth-seeded Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko started out with a win over Croat Karolina Sprem Monday in first-day action of the GDF Suez Grand Prix event. Bondarenko got off to a lackluster start, though, dropping the first set 4-6 before eking out a 7-5 win in the second and then rolling 6-1 in the deciding set. In other opening-round play on the red clay at Romai Tennis Academy, Italian Maria Elena Camerin also started out slow, losing her first set to Spaniard Lourdes Dominguez Lino 4-6, then knocking her out of the tournament with decisive 6-0, 6-1 sets. Romanian Edina Gallovits eliminated Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova 7-5, 6-2. This week's top seeds are Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and defending champion Alize Cornet of France. The champion of the $220,000 Budapest tournament will collect $37,000.

No. 1-rated Dinara Safina swept to a straight-set victory Wednesday in the second round of the $220,000 Ordina Open tournament in the Netherlands. Safina, who also on Wednesday was made the No. 1 seed for the upcoming Wimbledon Championships, claimed a 6-3, 6-3 win over Yaroslava Shvedova.