Wozniacki to face Peng for final berth
5 Sept 2014 5:12 AM IST
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and first-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Peng Shuai will meet for a place in the US Open title match after dominant victories.
Wozniacki, the runner-up at Flushing Meadows in 2009, on Tuesday dismissed 13th-seeded Italian Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 and is back in the semi-finals of a major for the first time since the 2011 US Open.
China’s Peng, in the quarter-finals of a major for the first time in her 37th attempt, made similarly short work of Swiss teen Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-1. Peng joined two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na and Zheng Jie as the only Chinese to reach the last four of a Grand Slam.
Wozniacki was convincing on a windy night on Arthur Ashe stadium, where towels from the players’ chairs and stray plastic bags had to be corraled. In a match between two players with an uncanny ability to extend rallies, Wozniacki’s 26 outright winners to the 12 of Errani made the difference. Errani couldn’t hold once in six service games.
Wozniacki, the runner-up at Flushing Meadows in 2009, on Tuesday dismissed 13th-seeded Italian Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 and is back in the semi-finals of a major for the first time since the 2011 US Open.
China’s Peng, in the quarter-finals of a major for the first time in her 37th attempt, made similarly short work of Swiss teen Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-1. Peng joined two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na and Zheng Jie as the only Chinese to reach the last four of a Grand Slam.
Wozniacki was convincing on a windy night on Arthur Ashe stadium, where towels from the players’ chairs and stray plastic bags had to be corraled. In a match between two players with an uncanny ability to extend rallies, Wozniacki’s 26 outright winners to the 12 of Errani made the difference. Errani couldn’t hold once in six service games.
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