This one didn't resemble a best-of-three tennis match. Apparently, a 1-hour, 3-minute match in the second round of the Toyota Princess Cup wasn't short enough for Serena Williams.

So the world's No. 1 decided to finish Friday's business in 39 minutes -- a 6-1, 6-0 walk-over quarterfinal against Nicole Pratt of Australia.

And she was pretty modest about it, too.

"I'm almost where I want to be for the first tournament after the U.S. Open," she said. "It's really hard to get refocused after such a big win. But I'm getting there."

Williams, the winner of three of the four 2002 Grand Slam titles, served up seven aces, compared to none for the Australian. The only claim to fame Pratt will bring home is that she broke Williams' punishing service game -- the first to do so in this tournament.

Jelena Dokic wasted some time in disposing Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand, but got into cruise control late in the first set at 4-3, when Tanasugarn began to show some hesitation after striking a ball girl in the head with a mishit forehand.

Dokic only lost a point for the rest of the set and marked 16 winners (25 in total) in the second set alone to win 6-3, 6-1.

Dokic faces long-time friend Kim Clijsters in Saturday's semifinals, after the No. 3 seed beat Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 6-2.

"We get along pretty well," Clijsters said of Dokic, with whom she paired for the doubles title at the JPMorgan Chase Open in August. Clijsters leads the singles series 3-2.

"It's nice to face her again," she said.

Williams faces veteran compatriot Amy Frazier. The 30-year-old, who won the Japan Open in 1999, came back from a set down in the day's first quarterfinal to down Russia's Tatiana Panova 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

"I've played Amy once. She is obviously playing great at the moment," said Williams, who zipped past Frazier 6-0, 6-1 two years ago at the Du Maurier Open. "Amy is a deceiving player. If you're not careful, you can lose to her. So I'll have to make sure I'm really focused for the match."

Williams had less luck in the doubles quarterfinal. She and partner Martina Navratilova lost 7-5, 6-4 to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Asked if the first-time pair will play together in the future, Williams said, "I wouldn't mind if her schedule wasn't booked."

To which Navratilova immediately replied: "I'll keep mine open."

Japan's Ai Sugiyama, who paired with Natasha Zvereva of Belarus in the doubles, dropped out of the tournament completely after a 6-4, 6-2 loss to No. 1 seeds Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva.