Result: V Williams 6-4 6-1 Srebotnik

Second set

Williams 6-1 Srebotnik
Game, set and match Williams! The powerful American books her place in the third round with a thumping forehand.

Williams 5-1 Srebotnik
Williams extends her advantage, moving within one game of victory in a closely fought service game.

Williams 4-1 Srebotnik
Williams powers her way to three break points. Srebotnik survives the first two before finally cracking after a fizzing forehand from Williams. Surely there is no way back from a double break?

Williams 3-1 Srebotnik
Srebotnik puts Williams on the back foot but the American refuses to buckle under the pressure and holds her serve.

Williams 2-1 Srebotnik
Williams is yet to find her range but she somehow musters two break points, converting the second to move a break up in the second set.

Williams 1-1 Srebotnik
Williams once again throws some huge forehands at Srebotnik, securing her first game of the second set to 30.

Williams 0-1 Srebotnik
An impressive service hold from Srebotnik shows she has lost none of her confidence after losing the first set.

First set

Williams 6-4 Srebotnik
A controversial line call benefits Williams and she takes full advantage, clinching the set with a powerful forehand.

Williams 5-4 Srebotnik
Srebotnik survives some vicious returns from Williams to hold her serve and stay in the set.

Williams 5-3 Srebotnik
Williams supports her break by holding her serve to 30. But, if her performance so far is anything to go by, the gutsy Srebotnik will not give this set up easily.

Williams 4-3 Srebotnik
The phoney war is over as Venus asserts her authority with a break to love.

Williams 3-3 Srebotnik
An impressive game from the former champion as she races through a straightforward service game.

Williams 2-3 Srebotnik
If Venus did not know before, she knows now that Srebotnik will be no pushover. Another confident service game.

Williams 2-2 Srebotnik
The American holds her serve, but is forced to work harder than she is accustomed to at this stage of a tournament.

Williams 1-2 Srebotnik
Looking perfectly at home on centre court, Srebotnik wins another easy service game.

Williams 1-1 Srebotnik
Srebotnik continues her confident start by taking the fourth seed to 0-30, but she is unable to convert the headstart as Venus serves her way out of trouble