Serena Williams rallies for 3-set win at Sony Open

Serena Williams' match was more than an hour old Monday before she began providing a soundtrack for her comeback. Come on! she shouted at her fist through gritted teeth. Her demeanor transformed after a listless start, Williams rallied past Dominika Cibulkova in the fourth round of the Sony Open 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. the top-ranked Williams, seeking her sixth Key Biscayne title and first since 2008, was down a service break trailing 4-1 in the second set before she swept the final five games of the set. She also won the last three games of the match and served it out at love with three aces. I just felt slow and sluggish, she said. Then i started hitting errors, and I was getting frustrated. Then i tried not to be frustrated.
I was just proud of myself because I didn't throw any rackets. Williams' opponent in the quarterfinals Tuesday will be No. 5-seeded Li Na, who beat wild card Garbine Muguruza 7-6 (6), 6-2. American Sloane Stephens started strong, but lost the last nine games and was eliminated by defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.

That spoiled the possibility of a rematch in the semifinals between Williams and Stephens, who pulled off an upset when they met at the Australian Open in January. Since beating Williams, the No. 16-ranked Stephens is 2-5. There's no authentic jerseys china specific thing that I'd say has happened or is not happening, but I don't think it really matters, she said. I'm 16 in the world. I can lose in the first round the next two months and I probably would still be top 30. I'm not really too concerned about winning or losing or any of that, I don't think. My life has changed, yeah, but I wouldn't say I'm in a panic or anything. In nfl jerseys cheap  champion Andy Murray beat Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (3), 6-3. No. 6-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-3, and American Sam Querrey advanced when No. 14-seeded Milos Raonic withdrew because of illness. Raonic became the 15th man or woman in the tournament to withdraw, retire or lose by walkover.

American John Isner hit 20 aces but lost to No. 9-seeded Marin Cilic, 6-3, 7-6 (3). No. 3 Maria Sharapova, a four-time runner-up seeking her first Key Biscayne title, reached the quarterfinals by beating No. 21 Klara Zakopalova 6-2, 6-2. Williams was impassive and flat on her feet in the early going against the No. 13-seeded Cibulkova, and the half-empty stands made for a sleepy atmosphere. Bor-ing! one spectator shouted. Williams said she has learned not to force showing emotion. It just kind of has to come, she said. You can't be yelling, Come on! after 40 unforced errors and you miss another shot. That's not going to necessarily work. During changeovers, disco, salsa and Coldplay blared from the public address system, and something finally got Williams going. Her shots began landing consistently just inside the lines, and she won 10 consecutive points to surge ahead in the second set. She let out a yell for the first time when she hit a backhand winner to reach set point, screaming encouragement at herself. The crowd responded with a roar of approval.