Serena through to face Mauresmo

Wimbledon: Monday 23 June to Sunday 6 July
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Serena reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon last year

Serena Williams cruised into the third round of Wimbledon despite not being at her best against Urszula Radwanska.

The 2002 and 2003, was still too strong for the Polish 17-year-old, winning 6-4 6-4 to set up a clash with France's 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo.

Sixth seed Williams admitted that she was happy not to add to Court Two's "graveyard of champions" reputation.

"I felt I played OK. I was a little tight out there and just didn't want to go out on Court Two," she said.

"I never really think about that playing on Court Two but that did kind of cross my mind. It was windy and the conditions weren't great.

"I felt like I should just get it over with."

The first set was one-way traffic initially as Williams broke in the third game and again in the fifth to take a 4-1 lead.

Radwanska, ranked 190th in the world and playing in her first Grand Slam, gradually got into the game - hitting back with a break - but Serena was still able serve out for the set.

Serena claimed an early break in the second set and, although Radwanska broke back, the American sixth seed broke one more time to seal the win.

She will now take on Mauresmo in the next round after the French 2006 Wimbledon champion battled back from a set down to beat Spain's Virginia Ruano Pascual 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Mauresmo has played Serena twice before at Wimbledon, losing both of their semi-final matches in 2002 and 2004.

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"I haven't played her in a while. I look forward to it. I had no idea I might play her. I'm excited about that," added Serena.

"She's been struggling a lot this year. So you can only hope that she does well, especially being a past champion here. It will be a good match."

Fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova took little over an hour to dispose of Ukrainian Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 6-3.

The 22-year-old Russian, who struggled in her first-round match against Mathilde Johansson, never looked back after claiming two early breaks in each set.

"I think I did everything to have it easier," said the 2004 US Open champion, who has reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals three times.

"I played much better, and I was just playing a little bit more like you should play on grass, not on clay court. For me it's difficult to adjust.

"I was really happy with everything except my serve. I could not get my serve in as much as I would like to.

"I was maybe wanting to do too much with this, and I wanted to go more forward, which I think I did pretty well."

Last year's surprise finalist Marion Bartoli defeated Tatiana Perebiynis 6-2 7-5 in their second-round match.

Russian eighth seed Anna Chakvetadze had little trouble in advancing, beating Romania's Edina Gallovits 6-4 6-2.

Czech Republic's 18th seed Nicole Vaidisova survived a major second-set blip to overcome Australian Samantha Stosur 6-2 0-6 6-4.

Italian 20th seed Francesca Schiavone crashed out, losing her match with Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues 3-6 7-5 9-7.

In the first round, Russian fifth seed Elena Dementieva progressed with a 6-3 6-7 (7-9) 6-3 win over Maria Elena Camerin of Italy.

Davenport drops retirement hint

Davenport returned to action last September after becoming a mother

Former champion Lindsay Davenport has hinted that she might have played her last Wimbledon after pulling out of this year's event with a knee problem.

The 1999 champion was due to play Gisela Dulko in the second round on Thursday, but withdrew hours before with the ongoing injury.

Davenport told BBC Sport: "I would be surprised if I was back here playing.

"I am looking forward to the Olympics and playing the US Open. After that there are not a lot of plans."

On Tuesday, in her first match at Wimbledon since 2005, Davenport hobbled past Renata Voracova 6-3 5-7 6-3.

The 32-year-old had been idle for two months after sitting out the clay-court season. She withdrew from the warm-up tournament at Eastbourne last week.

"After my match I went to the hospital for an MRI scan which came out looking good but it showed I had inflammation behind the knee cap.

"At first that was a major relief and no immediate danger, but it was just really inflamed and painful," she said.

"I rested all day on Wednesday and wanted to see how I was but after a warm-up I felt 20-30 % which is not good enough - so it's prescribed rest.

"It's not an easy decision to make but in the second round I want to be 100% and have a chance to win and not just hope to get through another set or another round.

"I worked hard to get back here but it's just the way it goes.

"The diagnosis is three to four weeks I should be fine. I was concerned about the Olympics 48 hours ago but the doctors are confident."

Dulko receives a walkover into the last 16 where she will play Russia's Elena Dementieva.

Keothavong blows Classic chance

Keothavong was a double break up at one point in the third set

British number one Anne Keothavong squandered the chance to reach the last eight of the Bank of the West Classic as she lost to Marion Bartoli.

The 24-year-old threw away a potential match-winning position against the 2007 Wimbledon runner-up.

Keothavong was 4-1 up in the deciding set and heading for the quarter-finals but then lost four straight games.

Although she levelled at 5-5, she could not stop the world number 15 closing out a 6-3 1-6 7-5 victory.

Bartoli raced through the first set after taking a 3-0 and 4-1 lead.

However, the second set was an entirely different matter, with Keothavong in complete control.

Bartoli held serve to go 1-0 up in the decider but Keothavong won the next three games to appear on course for another highly impressive victory following her defeat of world number 33 Sania Mirza in the first round.

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However, Bartoli produced an excellent fightback to move into a quarter-final meeting with world number eight and second seed Anna Chakvetadze.

Bartoli said: "From one double break down it was almost the end for me.

"I decided I was going to win this match whatever it takes. Anne was playing so well from the baseline and was hardly missing one ball.

"It was hard to do it but I was able to get those winners."

Meanwhile, fifth seed Patty Schnyder was a 7-6 (10-8) 6-4 winner over Russia's Alisa Kleybanova and the Swiss star will now face Serena Williams.

Samantha Stosur is also through after upsetting Russian third seed Vera Zvonareva 6-3 6-2 and will now face Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak.

The Australian, who got her place in the tournament after Lindsay Davenport pulled out, quickly found her stride and overpowered Zvonareva with a huge serve and clean groundstrokes.

"I really made the most of my opportunity getting in," said Stosur, who ended the match by serving four ace