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Sharapova bows out, Azarenka withdraws
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September 28, 2012, Friday
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SAM Stosur knocked two-time champion Maria Sharapova out of the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday, reaching the semifinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (10) victory over the Russian in Tokyo, Japan.
Stosur broke Sharapova to go up 5-3 in the second set but then lost nine straight points as the Russian sent the match to a tiebreaker. Stosur won on her fifth match point when Sharapova returned long.
"I knew that I had lost nine points and was just trying to stop the momentum swing," Stosur said. "I wasn't thinking about the points I lost but was focusing on how I was going to make the next points."
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew after a bout of dizziness in her match on Wednesday, sending Angelique Kerber of Germany to the semifinals.
"Before the tournament on Sunday I was starting to feel not really good," Azarenka said. "I haven't really been doing better since then. Just low energy, you could tell by the matches I wasn't my usual self. But it took too much energy over the last two matches to really push and today it's just not really possible for me."
Also, Nadia Petrova of Russia, trailing 4-1 in the second set, overcame sixth-seeded Sara Errani of Italy 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. She will face Stosur today. Defending champion and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 in the late quarterfinal and will face Kerber in the other semifinal.
For Sharapova, it was only her second loss in 11 matches against Stosur, who has reached her first semifinal since the French Open.
Sharapova, who won the tournament in Tokyo in 2005 and 2009, struggled with her serve and had five double-faults.
"She played a very steady game and I had a few more unforced errors than I would have liked," Sharapova said. "It's disappointing to lose but you have to take every disappointment and turn it into a positive. It's really about thinking what I can do to improve for the next tournament."
In men's action, Juan Monaco of Argentina reached the quarterfinals at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, but fellow seeds Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine and Feliciano Lopez of Spain couldn't join him yesterday.
No. 2 Monaco began his chase for a fourth title this year by beating Chinese Taipei wild card Jimmy Wang 6-4, 7-5.
Stosur broke Sharapova to go up 5-3 in the second set but then lost nine straight points as the Russian sent the match to a tiebreaker. Stosur won on her fifth match point when Sharapova returned long.
"I knew that I had lost nine points and was just trying to stop the momentum swing," Stosur said. "I wasn't thinking about the points I lost but was focusing on how I was going to make the next points."
Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka withdrew after a bout of dizziness in her match on Wednesday, sending Angelique Kerber of Germany to the semifinals.
"Before the tournament on Sunday I was starting to feel not really good," Azarenka said. "I haven't really been doing better since then. Just low energy, you could tell by the matches I wasn't my usual self. But it took too much energy over the last two matches to really push and today it's just not really possible for me."
Also, Nadia Petrova of Russia, trailing 4-1 in the second set, overcame sixth-seeded Sara Errani of Italy 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. She will face Stosur today. Defending champion and third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland beat former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 in the late quarterfinal and will face Kerber in the other semifinal.
For Sharapova, it was only her second loss in 11 matches against Stosur, who has reached her first semifinal since the French Open.
Sharapova, who won the tournament in Tokyo in 2005 and 2009, struggled with her serve and had five double-faults.
"She played a very steady game and I had a few more unforced errors than I would have liked," Sharapova said. "It's disappointing to lose but you have to take every disappointment and turn it into a positive. It's really about thinking what I can do to improve for the next tournament."
In men's action, Juan Monaco of Argentina reached the quarterfinals at the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, but fellow seeds Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine and Feliciano Lopez of Spain couldn't join him yesterday.
No. 2 Monaco began his chase for a fourth title this year by beating Chinese Taipei wild card Jimmy Wang 6-4, 7-5.
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