Stosur and Serena sweep into last 16
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April 5, 2012, Thursday
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SAM Stosur, Vera Zvonareva and Serena Williams all swept into the round of 16 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, with straight sets victories on Tuesday.
On a day in which results went mostly according to plan at the clay-court tournament, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also made it to the third round, Venus Williams continued her comeback from illness with a first-round victory and No.10 seed Anabel Medina-Garrigues was the highest-ranked casualty.
Australia's Stosur, seeded fifth and the highest-ranked player left in the tournament after Agnieszka Radwanska's withdrawal, beat American Jamie Hampton 6-0, 7-5.
No.4 Zvonareva of Russia cruised past Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-1, and Serena Williams was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Russia's Elena Vesnina.
Serena, playing this tournament for the first time since she took the title four years ago, had 11 aces in her first match on clay in more than a year. "I forgot I hadn't played on clay in so long," she said. "I feel like it really suits my game. I don't have to go crazy and move my feet so much. I pretty much just go for my serve and do the best I can."
Sister Venus, who is making her way back from an autoimmune disease, had a 6-4, 6-3 win over Czech Iveta Benesova, setting up a second-round clash with Jelena Jankovic.
"This is great for me to be in another match and to be in the second round," she said. "It was a good start."
Venus returned to the tour last week after a seven-month break, winning four matches in Key Biscayne before eventually losing to Radwanska.
No. 8 seed Pavlyuchenkova ousted Eleni Daniilidou 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 while No.10 Medina-Garrigues was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Australia's Anastasia Rodionova. No. 12 seed Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium defeated Vania King of the US 6-4, 6-3, while No. 13 Nadia Petrova beat Mariana Duque-Marino 6-1, 6-2.
On a day in which results went mostly according to plan at the clay-court tournament, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also made it to the third round, Venus Williams continued her comeback from illness with a first-round victory and No.10 seed Anabel Medina-Garrigues was the highest-ranked casualty.
Australia's Stosur, seeded fifth and the highest-ranked player left in the tournament after Agnieszka Radwanska's withdrawal, beat American Jamie Hampton 6-0, 7-5.
No.4 Zvonareva of Russia cruised past Ukraine's Kateryna Bondarenko 6-1, 6-1, and Serena Williams was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Russia's Elena Vesnina.
Serena, playing this tournament for the first time since she took the title four years ago, had 11 aces in her first match on clay in more than a year. "I forgot I hadn't played on clay in so long," she said. "I feel like it really suits my game. I don't have to go crazy and move my feet so much. I pretty much just go for my serve and do the best I can."
Sister Venus, who is making her way back from an autoimmune disease, had a 6-4, 6-3 win over Czech Iveta Benesova, setting up a second-round clash with Jelena Jankovic.
"This is great for me to be in another match and to be in the second round," she said. "It was a good start."
Venus returned to the tour last week after a seven-month break, winning four matches in Key Biscayne before eventually losing to Radwanska.
No. 8 seed Pavlyuchenkova ousted Eleni Daniilidou 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 while No.10 Medina-Garrigues was beaten 7-5, 6-3 by Australia's Anastasia Rodionova. No. 12 seed Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium defeated Vania King of the US 6-4, 6-3, while No. 13 Nadia Petrova beat Mariana Duque-Marino 6-1, 6-2.
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