Serena reaches Montreal quarters
9 Aug 2014 6:46 AM IST
Serena Williams waited out a brief rain delay before beating Czech left-hander Lucie Safarova 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of Rogers Cup.
Having won her fourth title of the season last week in Stanford, this week’s progress continued Williams’ recovery since withdrawing from Wimbledon because of equilibrium problems. Williams has won the Rogers Cup three times when it is held on alternate years in Toronto, including last year, but she had not played in Montreal since she retired from the final with an injury in 2000.
In the quarterfinal, Williams will play Caroline Wozniacki, a 6-1, 6-0 winner over American qualifier Shelby Rogers. The 11th-seeded Wozniacki, coming off a victory in Istanbul, has dropped only six games in three matches this week. In other matches, Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro upset fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in a match delayed twice by rain, and Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova topped second-seeded Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. The 25-year-old Suarez Navarro won the Portugal Open in May for her first WTA Tour title. She’ll next face Venus Williams, who beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Having won her fourth title of the season last week in Stanford, this week’s progress continued Williams’ recovery since withdrawing from Wimbledon because of equilibrium problems. Williams has won the Rogers Cup three times when it is held on alternate years in Toronto, including last year, but she had not played in Montreal since she retired from the final with an injury in 2000.
In the quarterfinal, Williams will play Caroline Wozniacki, a 6-1, 6-0 winner over American qualifier Shelby Rogers. The 11th-seeded Wozniacki, coming off a victory in Istanbul, has dropped only six games in three matches this week. In other matches, Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro upset fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in a match delayed twice by rain, and Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova topped second-seeded Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. The 25-year-old Suarez Navarro won the Portugal Open in May for her first WTA Tour title. She’ll next face Venus Williams, who beat Angelique Kerber 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
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