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Williams' opponent Azarenka won the first set 6-3 against the second seed, but when 3-2 down in the second the 13th seed from Belarus took a medical time out and left the court.

She returned to play another game and a half, but looking visibly distressed she was unable to continue and had to be helped from Rod Laver Arena.

Williams will now play Kuznetsova, who was 4-1 up in the first set of her match when Zheng retired with a wrist injury.

"I haven't played her (Kuznetsova) that much in my career, but we've played a couple of times," said Williams.

"She's a good player, obviously, and gets a ton of balls back.

"She's extremely strong. I think we have a similar game - it will be a great match."

The unheralded Carla Suarez Navarro marched into the last eight with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 victory against Anabel Medina Garrigues.

The Spaniard, who upset Venus Williams in the second round, has equalled her best result in a grand slam after also reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open last year.

She will meet Russian Elena Dementieva in the last eight after she had a comfortable 6-2 6-2 victory against Dominika Cibulkova, the Slovakian 18th seed.