Serena Williams continued to steamroller the opposition at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, easing her way into the semi-finals.
Williams, favourite to lift the trophy in the absence of sister Venus and ousted number one seed Dinara Safina, brushed Czech Lucie Safarova aside 6-3 6-2 in under an hour to reach the final four.
Second seed Williams will now face Russian Elena Dementieva, ranked fourth in the tournament.
Dementieva dropped the first set but fought back to claim a semi-final berth at the expense of Sam Stosur.
Stosur went in front after taking the opener on a tie-break, however Dementieva's performance improved and the world number five levelled the match before completing a (3)6-7 6-1 6-3 victory.
There were eight breaks of serve in the opening set - four to each player - but Dementieva only relinquished serve once more in the match as she closed out the win.
There was a surprise result in the other half of the draw, where unseeded Alisa Kleybanova bested fifth seed Jelena Jankovic.
The Russian defeated her Serbian opponent (6)6-7 7-6(7) 6-2 to book a meeting with Maria Sharapova.
Sharapova continued her ominous form, despite coming into the event unseeded, to despatch 14th seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 7-6(5).
After coasting the first set, Sharapova initially fell a break behind in the second but rallied to first draw level then close out the tie-break.
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