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 | Voznyatski continues his winning series, Kuznetsova eliminated27-03-2011 |
Number 1 in the world Caroline Voznyatski (Denmark) qualified for the fourth round of the strongest tennis tournament in Miami with a prize fund 4.5 million dollars. Voznyatski beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) with 6:1, 7:6 (7).
Dane had no problems at first, but in the second part had to reflect two setbola in the 12 th game, then catch up by 3:5 points in the tiebreaker to triumph for the 1:53 hour.
Voznyatski, who won the tournament in Indian Wells earlier this month has just three losses in 24 games this season. It has two titles this year and a total of 14 in his career.
In contention for a place in the quarterfinals Dane will face No. 21 Andrea Petkovic (Germany) informed Thursday. Petkovic broke Iveta Benesov Czech girl with 6:0, 6:3 for 72 minutes.
2006 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) fell in the third round.
Seeded Kuznetsova lost to 11 Chinese Shuai Peng 6:3, 6:1 for 75 minutes. Finalist in 2005 and 2006 Maria Sharapova (Russia) took the last ten games in the match victory for 58 minutes with 6:2, 6:0 over participating in a wild card Sabine Lizitski from Germany.
In the fourth round No. 16 Sharapova will face fourth placed Samantha Stosur of Australia. Stosur side Lucie Shafarzhova with 6:0, 7:6 (1) for 69 minutes.