Top seed Azarenka to face Stosur in final
6 Aug 2013 5:02 AM IST
Top seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus advanced to the final of the $795,000 WTA Southern California Open, where she’ll face fifth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur.
Azarenka, just three days past her 24th birthday, defeated seventh-seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. Stosur battled back from a 0-4 first-set deficit en route to a 7-6 (7/2) 6-3 victory over France’s Virginie Razzano.
Azarenka, the two-time defending Australian Open champion, showed no sign of the right knee injury that forced her out of Wimbledon after the first round.Ivanovic, like Azarenka a former world number one, rallied after failing to win a game in the first set. But Azarenka gained a pivotal break at 2-2 in the third and went on to secure her third straight victory over the Serbian.
Del Potro, Isner set up summit clash
Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro and US eighth seed John Isner advanced to the final of the ATP and WTA Washington Open with rain-interrupted triumphs. Seventh-ranked Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion from Argentina, defeated German third seed Tommy Haas 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 while Isner blasted 29 aces in a 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov. Del Potro, the 2008 and 2009 Washington winner, was down 1-4 when rain halted the first set for more than three hours, but won the next four games once play resumed. Del Potro saved a set point with a second-serve ace in the 12th game and took the tie-breaker when Haas hit a backhand long.
Haas netted a backhand to surrender a break in the eighth game of the second set and Del Potro held for the victory, stretching his win streak to 13 at the $1.76 million hardcourt event, having not played in the US capital since his title run four years ago.
Azarenka, just three days past her 24th birthday, defeated seventh-seeded Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. Stosur battled back from a 0-4 first-set deficit en route to a 7-6 (7/2) 6-3 victory over France’s Virginie Razzano.
Azarenka, the two-time defending Australian Open champion, showed no sign of the right knee injury that forced her out of Wimbledon after the first round.Ivanovic, like Azarenka a former world number one, rallied after failing to win a game in the first set. But Azarenka gained a pivotal break at 2-2 in the third and went on to secure her third straight victory over the Serbian.
Del Potro, Isner set up summit clash
Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro and US eighth seed John Isner advanced to the final of the ATP and WTA Washington Open with rain-interrupted triumphs. Seventh-ranked Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion from Argentina, defeated German third seed Tommy Haas 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 while Isner blasted 29 aces in a 6-7 (7/9), 6-3, 6-4 victory over Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov. Del Potro, the 2008 and 2009 Washington winner, was down 1-4 when rain halted the first set for more than three hours, but won the next four games once play resumed. Del Potro saved a set point with a second-serve ace in the 12th game and took the tie-breaker when Haas hit a backhand long.
Haas netted a backhand to surrender a break in the eighth game of the second set and Del Potro held for the victory, stretching his win streak to 13 at the $1.76 million hardcourt event, having not played in the US capital since his title run four years ago.
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