In the next match, Williams defeated compatriot Laura Granville, breaking Granville once and in the first, which was proven enough to take the set. In the next set, Williams only dropped a game to continue her title defense. In the round of 16, Williams made quick work of Russian Elena Dementieva winning each set at two. In the quarterfinals, Williams had a tough match against another American Jennifer Capriati. Williams started slow, which allowed Capriati to take control of the first set and win it dropping only two games. However, Williams fought back winning the second set dropping only two games as well. In the ninth game of the deciding set, Williams was serving for the match and saved two break points, and eventually closed it out to advance. In the match for a spot in the final, Williams had the tough task as she faces Justine Henin-Hardenne, one of two players who has beaten her in 2003 and the only player she hasn't beaten in 2003. Despite, the anticipation of the match, Williams was proven too much for her Belgian opponent. Williams raced through the first four games, but Henin-Hardenne came back on serve taking the next three games. Williams then broke and served it out to take the first set. In the second set, Williams raced pass it, dropping only two games. The final saw a rematch of last year's final. As it was a sister affair, with Serena taking on sister Venus Williams. Venus took initiative breaking in the second game, and squandered four break points in the fourth game. Serena eventually broke back, but lost her serve while serving to stay in it in the tenth game to hand Venus the first set. Serena finished with 30 unforced errors to Venus' 25. The second set saw the first three games leading to breaks. In the second set, Serena took four of the first five games, Venus got back one of the breaks, but Serena was able to close it out in the tenth game to push it to a final set. As Venus' abdominal strain showed its effects more, with serves around 85 mph and many errors, Serena took initiative and closed out the match in the eight game. This was Serena's 5th slam of the last six and her 6th overall. She and Venus competed in the doubles as the defending champions, in the first round they took on Corina Morariu and Rennae Stubbs, where they dropped the first set in a tie-break, but cruise pass the next two sets dropping only five games.