Venus Williams in peerless form as she reaches final

MADRID, May 15, 2010 (AFP) - Venus Williams won the last nine games in a dominant display as she crushed Israeli Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-0 to reach the final of the WTA Madrid Masters on Saturday, her fourth final from six events in 2010.

The American fourth seed -who will move to second on the WTA list behind her sister Serena on Monday - will be bidding for her 44th career title and third of the year when she faces either of the unseeded duo France's Aravane Rezai or Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.