World No.1 Serena Williams cruised into the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup
Caroline Wozniacki returns a shot to Serena Williams during their quarterfinal match in the Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, Canada (Photo: AFP)
Montreal: World No.1 Serena Williams cruised into the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Lucie Safarova on Thursday but the Montreal tournament lost two of her potential title rivals when Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova were knocked out.
Second seed Kvitova, playing her first event since winning her second Wimbledon title, could not find her rhythm in falling 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 to Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova while fourth seeded Sharapova was beaten 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 by Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro.
Serena will now face Denmark’s former-World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki, who brought Shelby Rogers’ fairytale run to a shuddering end by crushing the American qualifier 6-1, 6-0, in the quarterfinals.Wozniacki is coming off her first win of the season at the Istanbul Cup, where she dropped only two games while beating Roberta Vinci in the final.
Earlier, the 16th-ranked Spaniard, Carla Suarez Navarro returned from the second delay to break Sharapova’s serve and then fought off a break point in the next game thanks to a lucky net cord. She broke again in the final game to reach the quarterfinals. The 25-year-old Suarez Navarro won her first WTA tournament earlier at the Portugal Open
( Source : agencies )
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