WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN
Cincinnati, OH, USA
August 15-21, 2011
$2,050,000/Premier
Hard/Outdoors
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Singles - Third Round
(2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. (Q) Petra Martic (CRO) 62 62
(4/WC) Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (14) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 62 63
(10) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. (5) Li Na (CHN) 64 36 64
(9) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (6) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 63 63
(13) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (7) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 63 57 64
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. (8) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 63 57 63
(16) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Shahar Peer (ISR) 63 62
Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (WC) Christina McHale (USA) 63 63
Doubles - Quarterfinals
(1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) 62 62
Makarova/Zheng (RUS/CHN) d. (2) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) 64 57 107
(3) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. (5) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) 76(5) 64
Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) d. (4) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) 75 57 102
Former World No. 1 Jelena Jankovic beat 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in front of an equally filled Grandstand. The Serbian fell to the ground in relief after a Schiavone shot sailed long, receiving a standing ovation to cap off the close victory.
Jankovic, a Cincinnati champion in ’09, now meets World No. 15 Shuai Peng in the quarterfinals.
Australia’s Samantha Stosur defeated 2011 French Open champion Li Na of China 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Stosur, last year’s French Open runner-up and a finalist in Toronto this year, has now defeated Li three times this year. Up next for the Australian is three-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova, who advanced to the quarterfinals by beating World No. 13 Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Meanwhile, World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva also advanced to the quarterfinals, defeating Petra Martic 6-2, 6-2.
Zvonareva, a two-time Cincinnati finalist, defeated the qualifier Martic in just over an hour. She next faces World No. 23 Daniela Hantuchova, who defeated 2011 Eastbourne champion Marion Bartoli 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
In other results from Thursday’s completed matches, the No. 8 seed Tomas Berdych beat Nicholas Almagro 6-2, 6-2, while World No. 4 Andy Murray took out American Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-2, 7-5.
For the women, Nadia Petrova defeated American teenager Christina McHale, who upset World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki on Wednesday.
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