Wozniacki, Sharapova advance with contrasting victories
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May 2, 2011, Monday
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CAROLINE Wozniacki was untroubled in advancing to the second round of the Madrid Open yesterday, while Maria Sharapova had to rally to beat Arantxa Rus 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
The top-seeded Wozniacki did not give Ayumi Morita of Japan a single break opportunity as the Danish player rolled to a 6-2, 6-3 win at the clay court event in Madrid.
The eighth-seeded Sharapova of Russia won on her second match point when Rus netted a forehand.
After dropping the first set, Sharapova broke Rus three times in the second set. Sharapova then forced Rus from corner to corner with powerful groundstrokes as the Dutch player was eventually overwhelmed.
Arantxa Parra Santonja ousted former top 10 player Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 7-5 as the unseeded Spanish challenger hit eight aces on her way to saving eight break points and breaking the Italian's serve four times.
Third-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Peng Shuai of China 7-5, 7-6 (2). Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova eliminated Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 6-3, 6-3.
In Oeiras, Portugal, fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro beat Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 7-6 (6) to reach his second final of the season at the Estoril Open on Saturday, where Fernando Verdasco awaits after the Spanish player got past Milos Raonic.
Verdasco's lone break of the hard-hitting Raonic's serve was enough to secure the first set 6-4 before the Canadian player retired just after the start of the second set with a back injury. The 12th-ranked Verdasco had previously lost to Raonic in the final at San Jose and in Memphis.
Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, dropped only six points on his first serve and hit four aces, while Cuevas was unable to claim a single break chance.
The top-seeded Wozniacki did not give Ayumi Morita of Japan a single break opportunity as the Danish player rolled to a 6-2, 6-3 win at the clay court event in Madrid.
The eighth-seeded Sharapova of Russia won on her second match point when Rus netted a forehand.
After dropping the first set, Sharapova broke Rus three times in the second set. Sharapova then forced Rus from corner to corner with powerful groundstrokes as the Dutch player was eventually overwhelmed.
Arantxa Parra Santonja ousted former top 10 player Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 7-5 as the unseeded Spanish challenger hit eight aces on her way to saving eight break points and breaking the Italian's serve four times.
Third-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy beat Peng Shuai of China 7-5, 7-6 (2). Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova eliminated Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan 6-3, 6-3.
In Oeiras, Portugal, fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro beat Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 7-6 (6) to reach his second final of the season at the Estoril Open on Saturday, where Fernando Verdasco awaits after the Spanish player got past Milos Raonic.
Verdasco's lone break of the hard-hitting Raonic's serve was enough to secure the first set 6-4 before the Canadian player retired just after the start of the second set with a back injury. The 12th-ranked Verdasco had previously lost to Raonic in the final at San Jose and in Memphis.
Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, dropped only six points on his first serve and hit four aces, while Cuevas was unable to claim a single break chance.
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