Vinci stuns Stosur to set up semifinal against pal Errani
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February 22, 2013, Friday
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SAMANTHA Stosur's season of woe continued at the Dubai Championships when she crashed out in the quarterfinals following a 2-6, 4-6 defeat by Italian Roberta Vinci yesterday.
Vinci will now play doubles partner Sara Errani in an all-Italian semifinal after her compatriot beat Russia's Nadia Petrova 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.
Stosur has lost more matches than she has won this year, with her win-loss record standing at 5-7 after she produced an error-strewn performance under the searing desert sun that left her frequently yelling in frustration.
Vinci, 30, broke in the opening game and was always in control against a player who has failed to win a title since triumphing at the US Open in September 2011.
The Italian has now beaten top-10 ranked players in successive matches - she defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber on Wednesday - and has yet to drop a set in Dubai.
World No. 9 Stosur towered over the diminutive Vinci, but she was guilty of trying to be too aggressive, clubbing a succession of backhand returns into the net.
Serving at 2-4 down, Stosur ran to the net but Vinci, the world No. 17, played an angled backhand dropshot winner for a break point. The Italian duly converted after Stosur, backpedaling from the net, hit a smash long. Stosur then surrendered the set with another errant backhand.
The Australian broke for the first time early in the second set and also changed tactics, slowing the game down and matching Vinci's backhand slice. But the Italian responded with an immediate break.
In later quarterfinals, former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was taking on France's Marion Bartoli and 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic was playing Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
Vinci will now play doubles partner Sara Errani in an all-Italian semifinal after her compatriot beat Russia's Nadia Petrova 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.
Stosur has lost more matches than she has won this year, with her win-loss record standing at 5-7 after she produced an error-strewn performance under the searing desert sun that left her frequently yelling in frustration.
Vinci, 30, broke in the opening game and was always in control against a player who has failed to win a title since triumphing at the US Open in September 2011.
The Italian has now beaten top-10 ranked players in successive matches - she defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber on Wednesday - and has yet to drop a set in Dubai.
World No. 9 Stosur towered over the diminutive Vinci, but she was guilty of trying to be too aggressive, clubbing a succession of backhand returns into the net.
Serving at 2-4 down, Stosur ran to the net but Vinci, the world No. 17, played an angled backhand dropshot winner for a break point. The Italian duly converted after Stosur, backpedaling from the net, hit a smash long. Stosur then surrendered the set with another errant backhand.
The Australian broke for the first time early in the second set and also changed tactics, slowing the game down and matching Vinci's backhand slice. But the Italian responded with an immediate break.
In later quarterfinals, former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was taking on France's Marion Bartoli and 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic was playing Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
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