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Washington, Aug 16 (IANS)
Serena Williams returns a shot to Mona Barthel of Germany during the Western & Southern Open on August 15, 2013 at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Top seed Serena Williams of the US breezed into the quarterfinals at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament.
The current World No.1 defeated Mona Barthel from Germany 6-4, 6-1 Thursday, reports Xinhua.
Williams will meet Romanian Simona Halep in the quarterfinals Friday night.
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