World number one Serena Williams advanced to the quarter-finals of Madrid Open when he was getting rid of 13th seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-1 in one hour four minutes on Thursday.

World number one Serena Williams advanced to the quarter-finals of Madrid Open when he was getting rid of 13th seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-1 in one hour four minutes on Thursday.

The American, who until now unbeaten in eight games at the surface of the clay this season, holds the record for "head to head" with the Russian 6-0 before the game and never looked under threat to extend his win rate.

Williams did not even face a "break point" in the game, when he made a break at 3-3 to excel and then re-do the first set in the final game.

The second set lasted much easier for the 15 time Grand Slam champion when he was winning 5-0, and then ensuring its place in the quarter-finals, where he will face Spain's Anabel Media Garrigues.

World number two Maria Sharapova is also continuing its speed to the quarter-finals without dropping a set so far, when he beat Sabine Lisicki 6-2, 7-5.

The Russian, a chance to win the world's top ranking from Williams when he won the title this week, Lisicki broke serve four times to win the opening set.

Services become more dominant in the second set where both players exchanging only one break at the beginning of the set, before Sharapova secured a second break at 5-5 and maximize them to bring him into the last eight.

French Open champion believes his game on clay is getting better, as he made ​​preparations to begin the defense of his title at the end of this month.

"I think when you win a Grand Slam at the surface, meaning it would be wonderful for me to say that I was not comfortable on the surface," he said at a press conference on Thursday,


The results of the sixth day of the match at the ATP Madrid Masters and WTA Madrid Open on Thursday

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The third round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France x7) beat Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

Tomas Berdych (Czech x6) beat Kevin Anderson (South Africa) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5

Rafael Nadal (Spain x5) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-2, 6-3

Pablo Andujar (Spain) beat Daniel Gimeno (Spain) 5-5 - backwards

Kei Nishikori (Japan x14) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland x2) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

David Ferrer (Spain x4) beat Tommy Haas (Germany x13) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

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The third round

Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) beat Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) - walkover

Serena Williams (USA x1) beat Maria Kirilenko (Russia x13) 6-3, 6-1

Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-4

Sara Errani (Italy x7) beat Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 7-5, 6-3

Maria Sharapova (Russia x2) beat Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 6-2, 7-5

Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) beat Marion Bartoli (France x14) 6-3, 6-2.