LONDON (Reuters) - American Serena Williams was made to wait before speeding towards a first Olympic women's singles gold medal with a 6-1 6-2 thrashing of Victoria Azarenka on Friday after Maria Sharapova won an all-Russian clash against Maria Kirilenko.
Williams, trying to complete her full set of major honours, needed just 63 minutes to destroy the Belarussian world No.1 - making up for a long wait to get on Centre Court after Roger Federer's epic semi-final win against Juan Martin del Potro.
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