Zvonareva meets Radwanska
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August 8, 2011, Monday
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Agnieszka Radwanska ignored a troublesome shoulder to beat a vomiting Andrea Petkovic 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 on Saturday and reach the final of the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, California.
Top seed Vera Zvonareva also advanced to the final after seeing off Ana Ivanovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Poland's Radwanska, who has not won a WTA Tour singles title for three years, injured her shoulder at the Stanford tournament last week and her service speed has been heavily reduced because of the problem.
"I'm really doing everything to go on court and play my best," Radwanska said. "You try to do everything, the painkillers, just keep fighting."
Petkovic started the match brightly by hitting through the crafty Radwanska in the first set but the German began to lose steam in the second.
Petkovic, who said she ate something bad at lunch, then sprinted off the court to the bathroom when she was 0-40 down in the fifth game of the second set to be sick.
"At the point where I ran out, I couldn't hold it back anymore," she said. "I didn't want to be on... (television) for the next 25 years."
Tour supervisor Melanie Tabb chose not to penalize Petkovic and allowed her to take a medical timeout because the German had informed her and the umpire beforehand that she might need to dash away because of the ailment.
After going down 0-4 in the third set, Petkovic finally regained her energy and reeled off three straight games behind her booming groundstrokes.
But the agile Pole held firm and sealed victory in 2 hours and 10 minutes after forcing her opponent to make a forehand error.
In the other semifinal, Zvonareva repelled a late third-set charge from Serb Ivanovic thanks to her ability to change the pace and angles.
"I started playing a little bit more aggressive overall," the Russian said. "We've been working on few things with my coach. I tried to implement them in the match."
In Washington, top-seeded Gael Monfils of France beat No. 11 John Isner 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in a rain-delayed match early yesterday to advance to the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
Monfils will meet Radek Stepanek after the Czech defeated American Donald Young 6-3, 6-3.
Monfils, ranked seventh in the world, won the tiebreaker when the lanky Isner hit a forehand into the net. Isner staved off two match points in the 10th game. On the second, Monfils felt the American's serve was wide, but the replay machine failed to operate, and the call stood.
The start of the match was delayed nearly two hours. There were two lengthy rain delays and the match finally ended at 1:15am.
Top seed Vera Zvonareva also advanced to the final after seeing off Ana Ivanovic 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
Poland's Radwanska, who has not won a WTA Tour singles title for three years, injured her shoulder at the Stanford tournament last week and her service speed has been heavily reduced because of the problem.
"I'm really doing everything to go on court and play my best," Radwanska said. "You try to do everything, the painkillers, just keep fighting."
Petkovic started the match brightly by hitting through the crafty Radwanska in the first set but the German began to lose steam in the second.
Petkovic, who said she ate something bad at lunch, then sprinted off the court to the bathroom when she was 0-40 down in the fifth game of the second set to be sick.
"At the point where I ran out, I couldn't hold it back anymore," she said. "I didn't want to be on... (television) for the next 25 years."
Tour supervisor Melanie Tabb chose not to penalize Petkovic and allowed her to take a medical timeout because the German had informed her and the umpire beforehand that she might need to dash away because of the ailment.
After going down 0-4 in the third set, Petkovic finally regained her energy and reeled off three straight games behind her booming groundstrokes.
But the agile Pole held firm and sealed victory in 2 hours and 10 minutes after forcing her opponent to make a forehand error.
In the other semifinal, Zvonareva repelled a late third-set charge from Serb Ivanovic thanks to her ability to change the pace and angles.
"I started playing a little bit more aggressive overall," the Russian said. "We've been working on few things with my coach. I tried to implement them in the match."
In Washington, top-seeded Gael Monfils of France beat No. 11 John Isner 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in a rain-delayed match early yesterday to advance to the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
Monfils will meet Radek Stepanek after the Czech defeated American Donald Young 6-3, 6-3.
Monfils, ranked seventh in the world, won the tiebreaker when the lanky Isner hit a forehand into the net. Isner staved off two match points in the 10th game. On the second, Monfils felt the American's serve was wide, but the replay machine failed to operate, and the call stood.
The start of the match was delayed nearly two hours. There were two lengthy rain delays and the match finally ended at 1:15am.
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