Final score: Williams 6-1 6-2 Mauresmo

Second set

Williams 6-2 Mauresmo
Williams tightens up with victory in sight. She finds herself two break points down after a series of errors but she delivers two unreturnable first serves to recover. And having staved off a further break point, Williams moves into the semis when Mauresmo nets a backhand.

Williams 5-2 Mauresmo
The double faults come back to haunt Mauresmo as the previous game proves to be a false dawn. The sixth seed delivers her sixth double on break point to leave Williams within a game of the semis.

Williams 4-2 Mauresmo
Mauresmo finds herself with two break points as Williams finally eases off. Mauresmo takes the second when Williams goes long with a backhand.

Williams 4-1 Mauresmo
Mauresmo gets her name on the scoreboard - but she has to battle hard for it and the crowd react as if she has won the match.

Williams 4-0 Mauresmo
Mauresmo is facing a humiliating defeat after another love service game from Williams, finished with an ace.

Williams 3-0 Mauresmo
Mauresmo opens with consecutive double faults and the crowd's groans grow louder. Mauresmo battles hard but she slaps a routine forehand into the net to give up another break.

Williams 2-0 Mauresmo
Mauresmo still cannot lose the nerves and her forehand is particularly vulnerable. Williams consolidates the break with an ace.

Williams 1-0 Mauresmo
Mauresmo plays a brilliant point to lob Serena at the net, but follows it with a double fault. A netted forehand hands an immediate break to Williams.

First set

Williams 6-1 Mauresmo
Williams takes the set with ease.

Williams 5-1 Mauresmo
Mauresmo shows signs of relaxing as she moves into a 30-0 lead. But Williams carves out another chance to break with some stunning groundstrokes. The top seed takes it with a reflex volley.

Williams 4-1 Mauresmo
Mauresmo wins her first points on the Williams serve to move to 0-30 and the world number one dumps a forehand into the net to hand the Frenchwoman three break points. Though Williams saves those three, Mauresmo forces another opportunity and takes it with a backhand pass which gives the crowd something to cheer.

Williams 4-0 Mauresmo
Mauresmo delivers another nervy double fault to open the game and the tone is set. Her second serve is easy pickings for Williams and the top seed grabs a second break.

Williams 3-0 Mauresmo
Williams is off to a flyer as Mauresmo struggles to settle. A devastating crosscourt forehand gives her a second love service game, and Mauresmo has won just two points so far.

Williams 2-0 Mauresmo
Mauresmo, so often hamstrung by nerves, begins poorly with a double fault. Though she follows that with a stylish wrong-footing volley, she throws in another double fault and Serena is able to power away two return winners to get an immediate break.