Wozniacki, Zvonareva reach semis at Brussels
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May 20, 2011, Friday
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TOP-SEEDED Caroline Wozniacki swept into the semifinals of the Brussels Open yesterday when Yanina Wickmayer retired with an injured back after losing the first two games.
The Belgian needed a medical timeout after the second game to receive treatment on her lower back. Wickmayer came back, hit a few weak returns of serve and called it quits to the disappointment of a few hundred fans at Primerose club.
Wozniacki will now play either French Open champion Francesca Schiavone or Japan's Ayumi Morita in tonight's semifinal.
Third-ranked Vera Zvonareva beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-0, 6-1 to set up the other semifinal match against Peng Shuai.
Zvonareva won the opening 10 games before conceding one to Dulgheru. The Russian is looking for her second title of the season.
Peng, who is ranked 31st, defeated Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-4.
In France, top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain and No. 2 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic advanced to the Open de Nice quarterfinals after winning in straight sets on Wednesday.
Ferrer beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-2, while Berdych won his second-round match against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-4.
Ferrer dominated, winning 96 percent of first serve points, firing six aces and not facing a single break point. He broke Seppi's serve three times.
Ferrer plays fifth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov in the quarterfinals, after the Ukrainian labored to beat Spanish qualifier Pere Riba 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
Berdych was also relatively untroubled, saving the only break point he faced and taking Mannarino's serve three times.
He next plays Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, who beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 3 Nicolas Almagro of Spain, a winner of two clay titles already this year, also advanced to the last eight by rallying to a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 win over Carlos Berlocq of Argentina.
Almagro next plays countryman Pablo Andujar, who won 6-3, 6-4 against Frenchman Julien Benneteau. Victor Hanescu of Romania beat Michael Russell of the United States 7-5, 6-2, while lucky loser Robin Haase of the Netherlands advanced after ousting No. 7 Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-2, 6-4.
The Belgian needed a medical timeout after the second game to receive treatment on her lower back. Wickmayer came back, hit a few weak returns of serve and called it quits to the disappointment of a few hundred fans at Primerose club.
Wozniacki will now play either French Open champion Francesca Schiavone or Japan's Ayumi Morita in tonight's semifinal.
Third-ranked Vera Zvonareva beat Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 6-0, 6-1 to set up the other semifinal match against Peng Shuai.
Zvonareva won the opening 10 games before conceding one to Dulgheru. The Russian is looking for her second title of the season.
Peng, who is ranked 31st, defeated Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-4.
In France, top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain and No. 2 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic advanced to the Open de Nice quarterfinals after winning in straight sets on Wednesday.
Ferrer beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-2, while Berdych won his second-round match against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-4.
Ferrer dominated, winning 96 percent of first serve points, firing six aces and not facing a single break point. He broke Seppi's serve three times.
Ferrer plays fifth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov in the quarterfinals, after the Ukrainian labored to beat Spanish qualifier Pere Riba 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
Berdych was also relatively untroubled, saving the only break point he faced and taking Mannarino's serve three times.
He next plays Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, who beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
No. 3 Nicolas Almagro of Spain, a winner of two clay titles already this year, also advanced to the last eight by rallying to a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 win over Carlos Berlocq of Argentina.
Almagro next plays countryman Pablo Andujar, who won 6-3, 6-4 against Frenchman Julien Benneteau. Victor Hanescu of Romania beat Michael Russell of the United States 7-5, 6-2, while lucky loser Robin Haase of the Netherlands advanced after ousting No. 7 Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-2, 6-4.
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