Tennis: Clijsters thrashes Dementieva to reach semis

Kim Clijsters continued her tennis resurgence with a crushing 6-2 6-1 victory over Elena Dementieva to reach the semifinals of the Nasdaq-100 Open and stay on course for back-to-back tournament victories.

The unseeded Belgian, who won the title at Indian Wells 12 days ago, needed less than an hour to beat the Russian and set up a match against top seed Amelie Mauresmo, who thrashed Serbian teenager Ana Ivanovic 6-1 6-4 earlier in the day.

The victory extends Clijsters' winning streak to 12 and she has lost just one match since returning to the women's tour in February after being sidelined for most of 2004 with a wrist injury.

- REUTERS