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 | Clijsters and Zvonareva have secured semi-final meeting26-01-2011 |
Two of the favorites this year's Australian Open - Kim Clijsters and Vera Zvonareva, won their matches in the quarterfinals of the tournament and will face each other in the semifinals.
Clijsters failed to deal with militant Polish woman Agnieszka Radwanska and achieved victory by 6-3, 7-6 (4) per hour and 34 minutes. The match was filled with twists, the two reached a total of 10 drill. Belgian led to a breakthrough in the second half, but conceded regularization by Radwanska even served for the set but eventually ended up tiebreaker, which was won by Clijsters.
"Fight hard and was concentrated. The second set was quite controversial. Some things I received pretty well, but others have not felt them properly. Must improve in every aspect - serve, returning, reducing unforced errors. The good thing is I'm in the semifinals, but I have not yet shown his best tennis, "Clijsters said after the game. "The match with Zvonareva will be heavy. I think there will be quite long rallies. I always liked to play against her. Receiving physical matches and exactly what they expect from the semi-finals, "said Belgian.
Zvonaryorva cope more easily with his game of the quarterfinals and beat Petra Kvitova Czech girl with a 6-2, 6-4 on the hour and 15 minutes. Russian maintaining a low level on unforced errors, allowing only 12 in the entire game and managed to achieve six breaks.
"My experience helps, I know that every game is tough and I know that it is difficult opponent. I tried to stick to their game plan and concentrate on your game without thinking what is going on across the network, "said Zvonareva after the victory. Since CLAysters returned to the court after a two year break, Russian has won three of four games between them, but lost the most important - the final of U.S. Open "2010.
"I must be well prepared for this match. Do not fatigue with exercise, I'm fresh, to be concentrated during the fight. You must extract the positives from defeat me over it and think again why I lost that final. We must not repeat its mistakes, "Zvonareva added.