Defending champion Serena Williams beat Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open on Monday and will renew one of tennis' best rivalries with Justine Henin in the quarterfinals. It's a rematch of last year's final, which Henin lost after Serena erased two championship points. “Actually it's a very good memory from last year, even if I had match points and I lost the match,” Henin said. “It was a day that I understood that I could win against Serena, and that I could do it in Grand Slams three times in the same year.” Serena has lost their past three meetings, all last year, at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. But she's sure to be fired up again for Tuesday's match. “We definitely bring out some of the best tennis in each other,” Serena said. “And she tends to play really well against me – probably better against me than other opponents. So it's definitely a good match for me.” On Monday, top-seeded Henin defeated Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-2, 6-2 and advanced from the fourth round with No. 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova and No. 4 Jelena Jankovic, both of whom overcame match points in earlier rounds. No. 6 Venus Williams joined her sister in the quarterfinals by beating 17-year-old Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-3. No. 1 Roger Federer reached the fourth round on the men's side when Robin Soderling retired because of illness trailing 6-4, 3-0. Kuznetsova defeated Shahar Peer of Israel 7-6 (4), 6-3 and Jankovic swept Zheng Jie 6-4, 7-5. Kuznetsova faces Venus and Jankovic will meet Elena Dementieva, a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Germany's Sabine Lasicki. Lindsay Davenport hit a bump in her career comeback when she lost to Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4. Safina will face fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva, who defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-0. No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko beat Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-1, and newly engaged No. 6 Andy Roddick converted only two of nine break-point chances but still beat Czech qualifier Ivo Minar 7-6 (4), 6-4. Afterward he confirmed he became engaged to swimsuit model Brooklyn Decker in early March. Julien Benneteau ousted Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-3 in an all
