Ben Solomon for The New York Times

Shrugging off the effect of a bandaged right foot layered with adhesive, Serena Williams of the United States bounded into the U.S. Open women’s final with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, the world’s top ranked and top seeded player.

Seeded 28th due to an injury and illness that kept her from competing in last year’s championship, Serena Williams showed powerful ground strokes and serves, hitting 11 aces and 34 winners (to Wozniacki’s 5) in the 86-minute match.

Williams was watched from the players box by her older sister, Venus, who last won here in 2001, defeating her sister.

With Saturday’s victory, Williams reached her fifth U.S. Open final in eleven years.