Venus advances to Bangalore semifinals (AP) Venus Williams dispatched Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-3 Friday to reach the semifinals of the WTA's Bangalore Open. She was joined in the final four by Patty Schnyder, who beat Akgul Amanmurdova 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1). Williams raced to a 5-1 lead in the first set, but Zvonareva responded with two breaks of her own to square the set before breaking her in the 10th and final game. Publish Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:32:47 PST Read more...