Wozniacki, Stosur knocked out
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May 28, 2011, Saturday
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WORLD No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki suffered a humiliating loss in the French Open third round and Samantha Stosur joined her at the exit door on a gloomy Friday.
Roger Federer and David Ferrer remained on course for a quarterfinal clash in the men's singles but women's top seed Wozniacki was thrashed 1-6, 3-6 by Slovakian 28th seed Daniela Hantuchova and is still seeking her maiden grand slam title.
Wozniacki followed world No. 2 Kim Clijsters out of the claycourt grand slam in Paris as the top two seeds failed to advance past the third round at Roland Garros for the first time since 1971.
The Dane looked completely out of sorts under threatening skies on Court Suzanne Lenglen, falling 1-6, 0-4 behind in less than an hour yesterday.
Heading for an embarrassingly one-sided loss, Wozniacki broke back but Hantuchova ended her opponent's ordeal after 73 minutes.
Wozniacki, whose best grand slam performance was reaching the US Open final in 2009, left the court without looking at the crowd, her eyes staring at the clay.
"She played very, very well today, better than me for sure," said Wozniacki, who had never before lost a set to Hantuchova in three previous matches. "She knew what she was going to go out there and do. She was just too good."
Wozniacki came into the French Open after winning the claycourt title at the Brussels Open. During the final, she called for a trainer and had her left thigh bandaged.
Although she played the first two rounds at Roland Garros with the same thigh bandaged, she was not wearing any protection on her leg yesterday.
Australian Stosur, last year's runner-up, could not locate her usual high-kicking serve and punishing forehand as she suffered a 4-6, 6-1, 3-6 reverse against Argentine world No. 51 Gisela Dulko.
Defending champion Francesca Schiavone also started slowly but the Italian fifth seed fought back against China's Peng Shuai who was forced to quit after feeling dizzy while trailing 3-6, 1-2.
Schiavone will take on former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic after the Serb ignored Bethanie Mattek-Sands's painted face and thrashed the American 6-2, 6-2.
World No. 3 Federer continued his smooth progress through the tournament in the shadow of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, thrashing Serbian 29th seed Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.
Federer, who won the French Open two years ago to complete a career grand slam, again had his serve working, landing 67 percent of his first serves and winning 84 percent of those points.
Ferrer demolished Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 and the Spanish seventh seed, who has not dropped a set in three matches, will next face France's Gael Monfils after the ninth seed eased past Belgian Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
Local favorite Marion Bartoli beat German prospect Julia Goerges 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, after dropping the first set for the third time in a row and 2009 champion Svetlana Kuztnetsova of Russia continued her fine run with a 6-0, 6-4 thrashing of Canada's Rebecca Marino.
Djokovic was taking on Juan Martin del Potro later when the sledgehammer groundstrokes of the Argentine will test the world No. 2's armor-plated confidence in the most eagerly anticipated match of the tournament yet.
Roger Federer and David Ferrer remained on course for a quarterfinal clash in the men's singles but women's top seed Wozniacki was thrashed 1-6, 3-6 by Slovakian 28th seed Daniela Hantuchova and is still seeking her maiden grand slam title.
Wozniacki followed world No. 2 Kim Clijsters out of the claycourt grand slam in Paris as the top two seeds failed to advance past the third round at Roland Garros for the first time since 1971.
The Dane looked completely out of sorts under threatening skies on Court Suzanne Lenglen, falling 1-6, 0-4 behind in less than an hour yesterday.
Heading for an embarrassingly one-sided loss, Wozniacki broke back but Hantuchova ended her opponent's ordeal after 73 minutes.
Wozniacki, whose best grand slam performance was reaching the US Open final in 2009, left the court without looking at the crowd, her eyes staring at the clay.
"She played very, very well today, better than me for sure," said Wozniacki, who had never before lost a set to Hantuchova in three previous matches. "She knew what she was going to go out there and do. She was just too good."
Wozniacki came into the French Open after winning the claycourt title at the Brussels Open. During the final, she called for a trainer and had her left thigh bandaged.
Although she played the first two rounds at Roland Garros with the same thigh bandaged, she was not wearing any protection on her leg yesterday.
Australian Stosur, last year's runner-up, could not locate her usual high-kicking serve and punishing forehand as she suffered a 4-6, 6-1, 3-6 reverse against Argentine world No. 51 Gisela Dulko.
Defending champion Francesca Schiavone also started slowly but the Italian fifth seed fought back against China's Peng Shuai who was forced to quit after feeling dizzy while trailing 3-6, 1-2.
Schiavone will take on former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic after the Serb ignored Bethanie Mattek-Sands's painted face and thrashed the American 6-2, 6-2.
World No. 3 Federer continued his smooth progress through the tournament in the shadow of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, thrashing Serbian 29th seed Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.
Federer, who won the French Open two years ago to complete a career grand slam, again had his serve working, landing 67 percent of his first serves and winning 84 percent of those points.
Ferrer demolished Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 and the Spanish seventh seed, who has not dropped a set in three matches, will next face France's Gael Monfils after the ninth seed eased past Belgian Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
Local favorite Marion Bartoli beat German prospect Julia Goerges 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, after dropping the first set for the third time in a row and 2009 champion Svetlana Kuztnetsova of Russia continued her fine run with a 6-0, 6-4 thrashing of Canada's Rebecca Marino.
Djokovic was taking on Juan Martin del Potro later when the sledgehammer groundstrokes of the Argentine will test the world No. 2's armor-plated confidence in the most eagerly anticipated match of the tournament yet.
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