Venus Williams moved one step closer to retaining her title at the Dubai Tennis Championships with victory over Israel's Shahar Peer.
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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.