Wozniacki hot in Madrid but Roddick exits
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May 4, 2011, Wednesday
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TOP-RANKED Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark advanced to the third round of the Madrid Open by brushing aside Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-4, 6-4 yesterday.
Samantha Stosur of Australia also advanced, beating Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 7-5.
On the men's side, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina beat 13th-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the second round, while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Pere Riba of Spain 6-4, 6-2 to make the third round.
Stosur, the fifth seed, came through a second round match which was almost interrupted by a huge thunderclap in the skies over the Caja Magica. The noise caught Hantuchova off-guard, with the flinching Slovak asking to stop play.
But with Stosur closing in on victory, the match went ahead, with the French Open finalist advancing on her second match point in just under two hours of play moments later.
Stosur lifted her clay record in 2011 to 6-2 as she closes in on her career-best in Madrid, a quarterfinal last year. She next faces the winner from the clash between French 11th seed Marion Bartoli and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
"We always have tough matches," Stosur said after claiming victory with 24 winners and 28 unforced errors. "We know each other's game very well.
"It was a tough match and I'm glad to get through. I was ready to play a third set if it had gone to that. I just tried to stay in the moment and play each point as it came."
Czech 16th seed Petra Kvitova also advanced, 6-3, 6-3 past South African Chanelle Scheepers as Bethanie Mattek-Sands hammered fellow American Vania King 6-0, 6-2.
In men's play, German Florian Mayer, losing finalist on Sunday in Munich to Nikolay Davydenko, upset Serb 16th seed Viktor Troicki 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in their first round tie while Kevin Anderson of South Africa defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-2, 6-4. Anderson next faces Serbia's Novak Djokovic.
On Monday, former world No. 1 Andy Roddick, the American 12th seed, was dumped in the first round, losing 4-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6 to Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla.
Samantha Stosur of Australia also advanced, beating Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 7-6 (1), 7-5.
On the men's side, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina beat 13th-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the second round, while Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France defeated Pere Riba of Spain 6-4, 6-2 to make the third round.
Stosur, the fifth seed, came through a second round match which was almost interrupted by a huge thunderclap in the skies over the Caja Magica. The noise caught Hantuchova off-guard, with the flinching Slovak asking to stop play.
But with Stosur closing in on victory, the match went ahead, with the French Open finalist advancing on her second match point in just under two hours of play moments later.
Stosur lifted her clay record in 2011 to 6-2 as she closes in on her career-best in Madrid, a quarterfinal last year. She next faces the winner from the clash between French 11th seed Marion Bartoli and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
"We always have tough matches," Stosur said after claiming victory with 24 winners and 28 unforced errors. "We know each other's game very well.
"It was a tough match and I'm glad to get through. I was ready to play a third set if it had gone to that. I just tried to stay in the moment and play each point as it came."
Czech 16th seed Petra Kvitova also advanced, 6-3, 6-3 past South African Chanelle Scheepers as Bethanie Mattek-Sands hammered fellow American Vania King 6-0, 6-2.
In men's play, German Florian Mayer, losing finalist on Sunday in Munich to Nikolay Davydenko, upset Serb 16th seed Viktor Troicki 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in their first round tie while Kevin Anderson of South Africa defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus 6-2, 6-4. Anderson next faces Serbia's Novak Djokovic.
On Monday, former world No. 1 Andy Roddick, the American 12th seed, was dumped in the first round, losing 4-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6 to Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla.
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