Serena Williams of the U.S. celebrates defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia in their women's singles quarter-final match during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 4, 2013. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - Serena Williams came back from the brink and extended her winning streak to 29 matches, beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the quarter-finals to continue her run towards a second French Open title on Tuesday.
The world number one, who won her only Roland Garros title in 2002, saw off three double break points in the decider and played some beautiful tennis to set up a semi-final meeting with fifth seed Sara Errani.
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