TORONTO — Top-ranked Serena Williams advanced to the Rogers Cup semifinals Friday night, beating Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-3.
The winner of the first three Grand Slam events of the season, the 33-year-old Williams will face the winner of the late match between fifth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia and Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.
Williams won titles in Toronto titles in 2001, 2011 and 2013.
Earlier, seecond-seeded Simona Halep of Romania rebounded to beat sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 0-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Halep will face 15th-seeded Sara Errani of Italy in the semifinals. Errani topped Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 6-4.