Pennetta, Kuznetsova into semis
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August 8, 2010, Sunday
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ITALY'S Flavia Pennetta continued her dominance of an injury-hampered Samantha Stosur with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the quarterfinals of the San Diego Open on Friday.
Fifth seed Pennetta set up a semifinal with Russia's twice grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, who ended the hopes of American teenager CoCo Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-2.
Pole Agnieszka Radwanska will meet Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova in the other semifinal after thrashing Israel's Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-0. Hantuchova overcame a slow start to defeat Russian Kleybanova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Pennetta has never dropped a set in three meetings to world No. 5 Stosur and ran the Australian around the court while notching up 19 winners.
"If I stay doing the same things against her then it's better for me," said Pennetta, who has played 51 matches this year, more than any other player.
"I played backhands down the line deep and I can return her kick serve really well. I have (a) few shots that make her very nervous all the time."
Stosur complained of a muscle injury in her arm that she said had bothered her since her first match at the Stanford Classic last week and had led to a hospital visit after her loss to the Italian.
"It's like a really strong, heavy ache when it starts and I can't get rid of it until I get off the court," said the Australian, who reached her first grand slam final at the French Open in June.
"I can't work out what's going on. It hurts every time when I get on court. If I'm going to go on court I want to play the best I can, and maybe now I can't. It can start to wear you down a little."
Kuznetsova had little to complain about in her victory over 18-year-old qualifier Vandeweghe, coming back from 2-5 down and saving a set point in the first set.
In Copenhagen, Denmark, top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki gave another scare to hometown fans before pulling out a 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (3) win over Julia Goerges of Germany in the Danish Open quarterfinals on Friday.
Wozniacki, under pressure to meet high expectations of winning the inaugural Danish Open, also conceded the first set in the second round.
This time, she was pushed past two hours to repeat her win over fifth-seeded Goerges at this year's Australian Open.
Wozniacki will meet Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, who beat sixth-seeded Polona Hercog from Slovenia 6-4, 6-3.
Second-seeded Li Na of China swept past eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 6-2. Li next faces seventh seed Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, who reached her first semifinals of the year by beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 7-5.
Fifth seed Pennetta set up a semifinal with Russia's twice grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, who ended the hopes of American teenager CoCo Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-2.
Pole Agnieszka Radwanska will meet Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova in the other semifinal after thrashing Israel's Shahar Peer 6-2, 6-0. Hantuchova overcame a slow start to defeat Russian Kleybanova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Pennetta has never dropped a set in three meetings to world No. 5 Stosur and ran the Australian around the court while notching up 19 winners.
"If I stay doing the same things against her then it's better for me," said Pennetta, who has played 51 matches this year, more than any other player.
"I played backhands down the line deep and I can return her kick serve really well. I have (a) few shots that make her very nervous all the time."
Stosur complained of a muscle injury in her arm that she said had bothered her since her first match at the Stanford Classic last week and had led to a hospital visit after her loss to the Italian.
"It's like a really strong, heavy ache when it starts and I can't get rid of it until I get off the court," said the Australian, who reached her first grand slam final at the French Open in June.
"I can't work out what's going on. It hurts every time when I get on court. If I'm going to go on court I want to play the best I can, and maybe now I can't. It can start to wear you down a little."
Kuznetsova had little to complain about in her victory over 18-year-old qualifier Vandeweghe, coming back from 2-5 down and saving a set point in the first set.
In Copenhagen, Denmark, top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki gave another scare to hometown fans before pulling out a 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (3) win over Julia Goerges of Germany in the Danish Open quarterfinals on Friday.
Wozniacki, under pressure to meet high expectations of winning the inaugural Danish Open, also conceded the first set in the second round.
This time, she was pushed past two hours to repeat her win over fifth-seeded Goerges at this year's Australian Open.
Wozniacki will meet Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, who beat sixth-seeded Polona Hercog from Slovenia 6-4, 6-3.
Second-seeded Li Na of China swept past eighth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-1, 6-2. Li next faces seventh seed Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic, who reached her first semifinals of the year by beating Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 7-5.
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