The pair narrowly lost to Belarus' Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka, 2-6, 6-3 , 10-8.
In Division One, the BBC Radio Lancashire featured match saw relegation-threatened Nelson beat Formby 2-1 at Victoria Park.
Meanwhile, top-ranked Victoria Azarenka will play world No. 2 Maria Sharapova in Sunday's women's final in Indian Wells.
Andrew Strauss (66) and Ian Bell (60 not out) guided England to 184-2 before declaring, and Victoria were 310 ahead on 278-6 by the close.
In 2012, the right-hander led Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 5-2 before succumbing to defeat.
The 2-0 win over Northwich Victoria on Saturday set up a play-off encounter with Burton Albion, who finished fifth.
Williams will now face Maria Sharapova in the semifinal after the Russian defeated Australia's Sam Stosur 6-2 6-4, while Victoria Azaraenka also progressed to the last four after defeating Sara Errani.
In the women's draw, world No. 2 Maria Sharapova and third-ranked Victoria Azarenka reached the last 16 despite struggling with their serves.
The mixed doubles pair from Belarus, Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, won the match (2-6, 6-3, 10-8), and the British took silver in mixed doubles.
Williams will now face world number six Victoria Azarenka of the Belarus, who came back from 2-4 down in the second set to complete a 6-3 6-4 win over Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
Serena powered to a 6-4 6-2 win over Australian Sam Stosur to book a meeting with Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, who recovered from a set down to beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 4-6 6-4 6-0 in two hours and 28 minutes.
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But she was unable to show the form that this week knocked out ninth seed Victoria Azarenka and Olympic champion Elena Dementieva as she was crushed 6-4 6-2 by world No. 26 Martinez-Sanchez.
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She defeated third seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 as the match stretched to two and a half hours.
Third seed Victoria Azarenka kept alive her hopes of moving to world No. 1 with a 6-2 6-4 defeat of German Hobart International winner Mona Barthel.
Ivanovic, who occupied top spot after winning the French Open in 2008 but is now ranked 16th, recorded a 6-3 6-2 against the Danish fourth seed -- who lost her No. 1 ranking following Victoria Azarenka's triumph at January's Australian Open.
Also through is sixth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, who looked in impressive form as she thrashed ninth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-2.
La victoria coloca al Real Madrid en el tercer lugar, por encima del Barcelona , que tuvo que remontar para empatar 2-2 con el Real Zaragoza en el Camp Nou.
Eighth seed Victoria Azarenka made an early exit after she retired due to a thigh injury when leading Timea Bacsinszky 6-4 2-3, while Ana Ivanovic swept past Olga Govortsova 6-0 7-5.
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