Williams and Azarenka both withdraw from Cincinnati
WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN Cincinnati, OH, USA August 15-21, 2011 $2,050,000/Premier Hard/Outdoors
American Serena Williams has withdrawn from the 2011 Western & Southern Open with an aggravation of a right toe injury prior to her second round match against Samantha Stosur.
in addition, Third seed Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from the tournament with a right hand strain. She will be replaced in the draw by lucky loser Pauline Parmentier for tonight’s match against Shahar Peer.
Williams was to play Stosur in a rematch of last week’s Toronto final in the third match of the day session on Center Court that was to start no earlier than 2:30 p.m. That slot on the schedule will now be occupied by World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, the 2006 Cincinnati champion, in her second round match against Ekaterina Makarova.
During the Olympus US Open Series, Williams had recorded 12-straight wins, including titles in Stanford and Toronto before her first round victory at the Western & Southern Open Tuesday.
Stosur, the No. 10 seed, advances to the Round of 16 and will face French Open champion Li Na on Thursday.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Singles - Second Round (WC) Christina McHale (USA) d. (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 64 75 (2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 63 60 (7) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 75 36 64 (9) Andrea Petkovic (GER) d. (LL) Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 62 64 (10) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Serena Williams (USA) w/o (right toe injury aggravation) (13) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (Q) Zheng Jie (CHN) 46 63 61 (14) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (Q) Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 46 63 64 Nadia Petrova (RUS) d. (15) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 63 76(4) (16) Peng Shuai (CHN) d. Sara Errani (ITA) 62 64 (Q) Petra Martic (CRO) d. (17) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 36 62 62 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d. Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 63 64 Shahar Peer (ISR) d. (LL) Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 62 63
Doubles - Second Round (1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Dellacqua/Kudryavtseva (AUS/RUS) 62 63 (2) Dulko/Pennetta (ARG/ITA) d. Jans-Ignacik/Rosolska (POL/POL) 62 64 (3) King/Shvedova (USA/KAZ) d. (WC) Glatch/McHale (USA/USA) 36 64 105 (4) Kirilenko/Petrova (RUS/RUS) d. (WC) Goerges/Kuznetsova (GER/RUS) 64 75 (5) Huber/Raymond (USA/USA) d. Daniilidou/Hercog (GRE/SLO) 63 76(4) Grandin/Uhlirova (RSA/CZE) d. (7) Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE/CZE) 26 76(3) 107 Errani/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (WC) Stephens/Wickmayer (USA/BEL) 46 62 104 Makarova/Zheng (RUS/CHN) d. Larsson/Woehr (SWE/GER) 75 63
