It was not a good day for several top seeds at the Dubai Duty Championships after dull skies left second seed Vera Zvonareva going down to Alisa Kleybanova 63 62, the Russian served up a storm with six aces.
Francesca Schiavone also went out after a three set match against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Kuznetsova getting revenge for her match defeat at the Australian Open in January.
World Number 2 Caroline Wozniacki made it through to the quarter finals after defeating Ayumi Morita of Japan 61 60. All the top seeds in the doubles are through to the Quarter Finals.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Singles - Third Round (1) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (Q) Ayumi Morita (JPN) 61 60 (15) Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) d. (2) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 63 62 (16) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) d. (3) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 16 60 75 (4) Samantha Stosur (AUS) d. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 63 64 (6) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d. (12) Kaia Kanepi (EST) 26 63 75 (11) Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. (7) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 63 67(2) 64 (8) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. (10) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 63 62 (9) Shahar Peer (ISR) d. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 36 64 61
Doubles - Second Round (1) Peschke/Srebotnik (CZE/SLO) d. Dushevina/Peng (RUS/CHN) 75 62 (2) Huber/Martínez Sánchez (USA/ESP) d. Groth/Zakopalova (AUS/CZE) 64 64 (WC) Kuznetsova/Zvonareva (RUS/RUS) d. (3) Chan/Zheng (TPE/CHN) 63 75 (4) Azarenka/Kirilenko (BLR/RUS) d. Kleybanova/Yan (RUS/CHN) 64 64 (6) Mattek-Sands/Shaughnessy (USA/USA) d. Pennetta/Schiavone (ITA/ITA) w/o (Pennetta: left lower leg muscle strain) (7) Raymond/Stosur (USA/AUS) d. Niculescu/Peer (ROU/ISR) 75 57 107 Hantuchova/Radwanska (SVK/POL) d. Diatchenko/Poutchek (RUS/BLR) 61 61 Mirza/Vesnina (IND/RUS) d. Dulgheru/Sfar (ROU/TUN) 62 46 1210
