Paris: Having seen her main rivals fall by the wayside, Serena Williams is the overwhelming favourite to go on and win a third French Open title as she prepares to face Timea Bacsinszky in Thursday's semi-finals.


Serena Williams. Pic/AFP 

The 33-year-old American number one seed, who is looking for a 20th Grand Slam title, produced her most powerful performance yet to sweep past Italian 17th seed Sara Errani 6-1, 6-3 in the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Having lost the first set before going on to win each of her previous three matches, Williams gave Errani, a former finalist at Roland Garros, next to no chance and now she will hope her far greater knowledge of the big occasion gives her the edge against Bacsinszky.