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 | Voznyatski qualifies for semifinals22-04-2011 |
Number 1 in the world Voznyatski Carolina qualified for the semifinals of the tennis tournament in the German city of Stuttgart in prize money 721,000 dollars.
Voznyatski overcame a difficult start to the match against the hosts representative Andrea Petkovic but subsequently came to success with 6:4, 6:1 for 94 minutes.
Petkovic started strong and lead with 4:1 and 40:0 in private service, but by the end of the meeting still managed to win only one game.
"Certainly I made a great turnaround in the first set. I was lucky to win the first set but then showed great tennis and I am pleased with the way the match finished," said Voznyatski that record tenth consecutive victory.
Dane now has three titles this season and a place in the finals she will face the Polish Agnieszka Radwanska. Radwanska needed two hours to overcome the resistance of participating with "wild card" German Kristina Barrois with 7:5, 6:3.
In the other semifinal last year vitseshampionka Samantha Stosur (Australia) will face another representative of the hosts Julia Gyorges.
Seeded fifth Stosur deal with second-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia with 2:6, 6:3, 7:6 (3) for 2:37. Gyorges became the first German semi-final at Stuttgart after Anke Huber in 1999, after being beat compatriot Sabine Lizitski with 6:4, 6:4 for 92 minutes.