Seles Bounced

Venus Williams’ kid sister, Serena Williams, 16, stunned Monica Seles with an awesome display of power to reach the semifinals of the Ameritech Cup in Chicago.

Williams, ranked 304th, outserved and outslugged Seles 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Nathalie Tauziat upset top-seeded and defending champion Jana Novotna 7-5, 6-3.

Top-seeded Pat Rafter beat Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals for his third consecutive straight-set victory in the Stockholm Open.

Greg Rusedski advanced to the semifinals when Magnus Larsson withdrew because of illness.

Top-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated his former teammate on the Soviet junior team, Sargis Sargsian of Armenia, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the $1,125,000 Kremlin Cup in Moscow.