Safarova, Venus stay on course
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May 15, 2010, Saturday
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FOURTH-SEEDED Venus Williams reached the Madrid Masters semifinals yesterday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Samantha Stosur.
In a strong performance, Williams broke the eighth-seeded Stosur's serve four times. Williams, who will climb to the second ranking behind sister Serena next week, has now won all four of her meetings with the Australian.
She will play either Shahar Peer or Li Na in the semifinals.
Despite the defeat, Stosur's recent form is projected to send her to seventh in the rankings next week, the highest held by an Australian since Wendy Turnbull in 1985.
Earlier, Lucie Safarova progressed to the semifinals with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 victory over 16th-seeded Nadia Petrova. Safarova has had a fine clay-court season, reaching the quarterfinals in Stuttgart and Rome.
She will next face either Jelena Jankovic or Aravane Rezai.
In the men's tournament, Spain's Nicolas Almagro reached his first ATP Masters semifinal by beating Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1.
In the only quarterfinal not to feature a seeded player, Almagro broke Melzer twice to close out the first set before racing to a 3-0 lead in the second with some solid serving.
The 24-year-old had another break before securing a semifinal against the winner of the match between Gael Monfils and Rafael Nadal.
On Thursday, clay master Nadal tamed big-serving American John Isner 7-5, 6-4 to claim a place in the last eight. He was joined by Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
World No. 1 Federer, who beat Nadal in last year's final, swatted aside Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-1 and Briton Murray crushed Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-2, 6-1. Also, Jelena Jankovic thrashed local favorite Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-0 to make the quarterfinals.
In a strong performance, Williams broke the eighth-seeded Stosur's serve four times. Williams, who will climb to the second ranking behind sister Serena next week, has now won all four of her meetings with the Australian.
She will play either Shahar Peer or Li Na in the semifinals.
Despite the defeat, Stosur's recent form is projected to send her to seventh in the rankings next week, the highest held by an Australian since Wendy Turnbull in 1985.
Earlier, Lucie Safarova progressed to the semifinals with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 victory over 16th-seeded Nadia Petrova. Safarova has had a fine clay-court season, reaching the quarterfinals in Stuttgart and Rome.
She will next face either Jelena Jankovic or Aravane Rezai.
In the men's tournament, Spain's Nicolas Almagro reached his first ATP Masters semifinal by beating Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-1.
In the only quarterfinal not to feature a seeded player, Almagro broke Melzer twice to close out the first set before racing to a 3-0 lead in the second with some solid serving.
The 24-year-old had another break before securing a semifinal against the winner of the match between Gael Monfils and Rafael Nadal.
On Thursday, clay master Nadal tamed big-serving American John Isner 7-5, 6-4 to claim a place in the last eight. He was joined by Roger Federer and Andy Murray.
World No. 1 Federer, who beat Nadal in last year's final, swatted aside Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-1 and Briton Murray crushed Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-2, 6-1. Also, Jelena Jankovic thrashed local favorite Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-2, 6-0 to make the quarterfinals.
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