Hantuchova, Radwanska lock horns in San Diego SF
SAN DIEGO: Fifth seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy set up a semi final clash with two times grand slam winner, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia when she defeated an injured Samantha Stosur of Australia by 6-4 6-3 in the quarter-finals of the San Diego Classic late Friday.
Kuznetsova of Russia sets up semi final clash against Flavia Pennetta of Italy at San Diego Classic.
Svetlana Kuznetsova diminished the hopes of American teenager Coco Vandeweghe after surviving the first set and then blowing her away by 7-5 6-2.
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland outplayed Shahar Peer by 6-2 6-0 to lock horns with Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia who got the better of Russian Kleybanova by 2-6 6-4 6-3.
Flavia Pennetta of Italy up against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.
Pennetta who has played 51 matches this year, the most by any player, seemed to have found her champion touch and told reporters after the match, “If I stay doing the same things against her then it’s better for me”.
“I played backhands down the line deep and I can return her kick serve really well. I have a few shots that make her very nervous all the time”, she added.
Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia up against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in semi-final.
As mentioned above, Samantha Stosur was disturbed by a muscle injury which she said in the post match press conference that it has bothered here in the Stanford Classic and led her to see a doctor after the match. She said, “It’s like a really strong, heavy ache when it starts and I can’t get rid of it until I get off the court”.
“I can’t work out what’s going on. It hurts every time when I get on court. If I’m going to go on court I want to play the best I can, and maybe now I can’t. It can start to wear you down a little”, she added.
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