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 | Azarenka and Kvitova for the semifinals, dropped Voznyatski28-10-2011 |
World No. 1 Caroline Voznyatski (Denmark) fell in the group stage of the WTA Championships in Istanbul (Turkey) with 4.9 million prize fund dollars. In his third match of the red group Dane lost 4:6, 2:6 champion of "Wimbledon" Petra Kvitova. Voznyatski, which first played in Turkey, the doctor called the courts in the middle of the match after being ill. 24 hours before it became clear that Voznyatski will finish the year as No. 1 in the world, after quitting the tournament due to injury Maria Sharapova (Russia). So Voznyatski ends year with a loss, which was second to her on the WTA Championship. For this Dane was third game in three days. "I feel tired. Does not play well today, but it is always bad, if you want to beat the best in the world. Today Petra excellent game. I wanted to be better, but I had no physical strength," he said after the game Voznyatski. "It was a strange match. I am happy that I won, but it was strange that play against Carolina, which did not feel well," said Kvitova. In the other match of Group Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat Vera Zvonareva (Russia) with 1:6, 6:2, 7:5 and keep getting chances in the semifinals. The white group Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat the champion of "Roland Garros" Na Li (China) 6-2, 6-2 for 92 minutes and for the semifinals. Lee, and Samantha Stosur (Australia) will determine the second semi-finalist in this group.