BREAKING NEWS

Pe'er loses to Venus Williams in Dubai semifinals

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Venus Williams moved one step closer to retaining her title at the Dubai Tennis Championships with victory over Shahar Pe'er.
Third-seeded Williams won against the unseeded Peer 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 23 minutes in their semifinal match Friday.
Williams will now take on the winner of the other semifinal played later Friday between fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.