Zvonareva, Peng advance in Carlsbad
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August 6, 2011, Saturday
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TOP-SEEDED Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat countrywoman Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday as the top five seeds advanced at the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad in California.
The third-ranked Zvonareva, who received a first-round bye, rebounded from a tough opening-round match to move into the quarterfinals. She will next face Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over American teenager Coco Vandeweghe.
Lisicki used two early service breaks to jump out in front 5-1 in the first set before Vandeweghe rebounded. The 19-year-old, who grew up less than 15 kilometers from the site of the tournament, fought back to within 5-4. Vandeweghe staved off two set points before Lisicki finally took the first frame.
Second-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany reeled off 10 consecutive games to lead 6-2, 3-0 when her French opponent Virginie Razzano retired with a right shoulder injury. Petkovic will be an odds-on favorite in her quarterfinal, against 18-year-old American Sloane Stephens, who advanced when Austria's Tamira Paszek quit with an abdominal strain.
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past American Christina McHale 6-1, 6-0 and the Pole should face a more challenging task against quarterfinal opponent Daniela Hantuchova; the eighth-seeded Slovak struggled past China's Zheng Jie 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
There was a better result for another Chinese, as fourth-seeded Peng Shuai won a thriller against Italian No.15 seed Sara Errani 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Peng was down a break in the third set. Peng will face former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals. The fifth-seeded Serb was a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 winner over Alberta Brianti of Italy.
In Washington, top-seeded Gael Monfils won two matches on Thursday, beating Ryan Sweeting then Dmitry Tursunov, to progress to the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Classic.
Monfils was among several players who were forced to play both their second and third-round matches on the same day due to rain curtailing play on Wednesday.
The Frenchman downed American Sweeting 6-3, 7-6 (3) and Russian Tursunov 6-2, 7-6 (9). His opponent in the quarterfinals will be Serbian No. 6 seed Janko Tipsarevic, who also got through two straight-sets matches, beating Germany's Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-4, then Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2.
The other player to win twice was seventh-seeded Marcos Baghdatis, who beat Somdev Devvarman and Thomaz Bellucci.
The third-ranked Zvonareva, who received a first-round bye, rebounded from a tough opening-round match to move into the quarterfinals. She will next face Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over American teenager Coco Vandeweghe.
Lisicki used two early service breaks to jump out in front 5-1 in the first set before Vandeweghe rebounded. The 19-year-old, who grew up less than 15 kilometers from the site of the tournament, fought back to within 5-4. Vandeweghe staved off two set points before Lisicki finally took the first frame.
Second-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany reeled off 10 consecutive games to lead 6-2, 3-0 when her French opponent Virginie Razzano retired with a right shoulder injury. Petkovic will be an odds-on favorite in her quarterfinal, against 18-year-old American Sloane Stephens, who advanced when Austria's Tamira Paszek quit with an abdominal strain.
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska breezed past American Christina McHale 6-1, 6-0 and the Pole should face a more challenging task against quarterfinal opponent Daniela Hantuchova; the eighth-seeded Slovak struggled past China's Zheng Jie 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
There was a better result for another Chinese, as fourth-seeded Peng Shuai won a thriller against Italian No.15 seed Sara Errani 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7). Peng was down a break in the third set. Peng will face former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals. The fifth-seeded Serb was a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 winner over Alberta Brianti of Italy.
In Washington, top-seeded Gael Monfils won two matches on Thursday, beating Ryan Sweeting then Dmitry Tursunov, to progress to the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Classic.
Monfils was among several players who were forced to play both their second and third-round matches on the same day due to rain curtailing play on Wednesday.
The Frenchman downed American Sweeting 6-3, 7-6 (3) and Russian Tursunov 6-2, 7-6 (9). His opponent in the quarterfinals will be Serbian No. 6 seed Janko Tipsarevic, who also got through two straight-sets matches, beating Germany's Michael Berrer 6-3, 6-4, then Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2.
The other player to win twice was seventh-seeded Marcos Baghdatis, who beat Somdev Devvarman and Thomaz Bellucci.
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