Venus Williams, of the USA, waves after defeating Jill Craybas, of the USA, at Wimbledon Monday, June 27, 2005. Williams won 6-0, 6-2. (AP)

Two Williams sisters turned out to be one too many for Jill Craybas. Stung by younger sister Serena's loss at Wimbledon, two-time champion Venus Williams advanced to the quarterfinals Monday by beating Craybas 6-0, 6-2.

Craybas upset Serena in the third round, then returned less than 48 hours later to the same stage cozy Court 2, known as the Graveyard of Champions. This time Craybas lost the first six games and the last six.

"It's probably a really big challenge mentally to play Serena and me in a row," Venus said. "I guess I had a good position to be second sister."

In the past six years, the sisters have lost to the same player at only three Grand Slam events. Averting such a sweep was motivation, Venus said.

"A little bit for my sister," she said, "but mostly for me."

Defending champion Maria Sharapova, seeded second, never faced a break point and beat No. 16 Nathalie Dechy 6-4,6-2.

In men's play, No. 2-seeded Andy Roddick beat Guillermo Coria 6-3,7-6(1),6-4.

No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt defeated No.24-seeded Taylor Dent 6-4,6-4,6-7(7),6-3. Hewitt, the 2002 champion, will next play No.26 Feliciano Lopez, the first Spaniard to reach the men's quarterfinals since Manuel Orantes in 1972. Lopez beat No.10 Mario Ancic 6-4,6-4,6-2.

The second week of the tournament began with sunny, 75-degree weather and a victory by Mary Pierce, who reached the quarterfinals for the first time in nine years by beating Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-1. She'll face Williams next.

"She's definitely playing quite well," Williams said. "I'm playing quite well also."

Williams had expected to renew her sibling rivalry with two-time champion Serena, but instead she cruised to an easy victory over Craybas. Venus had 28 winners and just 15 errors and won 13 of 14 points at the net.

"My strategy was to move forward and just to make my shots," she said. "Serena rushed some shots and I wanted just to go out there and make mine."

When she closed out the win with her fourth ace, Williams grinned, hopped, twirled and waved to the crowd. Serena wasn't part of the audience father Richard said she flew home to Florida. 

(Agencies)