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Second seed Williams saw off China's Yuan Meng in straight sets in the previous round and while she again took just two sets to see off her opponent at the Hisense Arena on Thursday, she was made to work much harder.

"I was at like a D minus at best," said Williams afterwards. "That's pretty far away (from my best form). But it's good that I was able to win, too, when I wasn't playing my best. I definitely will try to do better."

Meanwhile, Elena Dementieva stretched her winning run to 12 matches as she progressed with a 6-4 6-1 success against Iveta Benesova.

Her opponent in the next round will be Australian Samantha Stosur, who beat Sabine Lisicki 6-3 6-4.

Anabel Medina Garrigues and Flavia Pennetta both had straight-sets wins to set up their third-round meeting, as did Virginie Razzano and Dominika Cibulkova.

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez's 6-2 6-4 victory against Akgul Amanmuradova has set up a possible clash with sixth seed Venus Williams.