Zvonareva stunned in San Diego
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August 7, 2010, Saturday
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AMERICAN teenager CoCo Vandeweghe upset Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva of Russia 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the second round of the San Diego Open in California on Thursday.
Fifth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) win over Russia's Maria Kirilenko. Also, Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova defeated Zheng Jie of China 6-2, 6-1.
Vandeweghe, ranked No. 205, rebounded from a terrible start to surprise Zvonareva, the world's No. 9 ranked player.
The 18-year-old Vandeweghe outplayed Zvonareva in both the second and third sets for the biggest win of her short career.
"It's awesome to beat someone at that high of a level," Vandeweghe said. "She's been doing so well. I'm just excited that I was able to play at a high level to beat her."
Vandeweghe, who won three qualifying matches to get into the main draw, won her second straight match after dropping 13 of her previous 15 career WTA matches.
The third-seeded Zvonareva appeared to be poised for an easy win when she broke Vandeweghe's serve the first three times in the opening set. By the time Vandeweghe held serve, she trailed 5-2.
"The first set I was pretty nervous to say the least," Vandeweghe said. "I wasn't playing the way I had been playing to get there."
But the teenager seemed to settle down as she received loud backing from the crowd. After the two traded early service breaks in the second set, Vandeweghe used a late break before serving out to even the match. Vandeweghe served for the match at 5-3, but Zvonareva converted on her third break point to cut the lead to 5-4. But Vandeweghe hit a forehand winner in the next game to secure the upset on her first match point.
Vandeweghe moved into the quarterfinals against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, who topped Italy's Sara Errani 6-1, 5-7 (5), 7-5.
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