Stosur, Kuznetsova in Moscow semis
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Samantha Stosur will face doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup after both players won in straight sets yesterday.
Stosur extended her unbeaten run to eight matches by defeating Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-4, while Kuznetsova beat second-seeded Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-3.
Also, defending men’s champion Andreas Seppi of Italy made it into his fifth semifinal of the season after Edouard Roger-Vasselin retired with a neck strain while trailing 2-5.
In a rematch of last year’s three-set semifinal match between former grand slam champions, Ivanovic took a 3-0 lead but Stosur broke back twice to win the opener. An early break in the second set was enough for the Australian to defeat the former top-ranked Ivanovic for the second straight year.
Last Sunday, Stosur won the fifth title of her career in Osaka, Japan, while Ivanovic lost in the Linz final in Austria.
Kuznetsova, a two-time grand slam champion, broke twice in the first set. But Italy’s Vinci offered more resistance in the second, trading breaks twice before the Russian took a 4-2 lead. Kuznetsova will be playing in her first semifinal this season and her first at a home event since she lost to Serena Williams in 2007.
Seppi will next play Mikhail Kukushkin, who beat Andrey Golubev 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Croat veteran Ivo Karlovic advanced to his second semifinal of the season by routing Russian Karen Khachanov 6-4, 6-0.
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