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 | Voznyatski its first quarterfinal in Melbourne23-01-2011 |
Vodachkata-ranked Caroline Voznyatski from Denmark is ranked for the first time in his career to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open tennis.
20-year Voznyatski have 6:3, 6:4 over Anastasia Sevastova from Latvia for 80 minutes.
The match began with a surprise breakthrough in favor of 46 th in the world Sevastova, then it led to 3:1.
There followed a series of six consecutive games for Voznyatski, which tyavze first set.
In the second part the two exchanged breaks in two, and then inflict Danish settler in the ninth game to close the game immediately afterwards in his own submission.
"I've played with it for the Fed Cup last year and knew it was a tough opponent. It can hit hard but also knows how to slow rallies because that is hard to get into rhythm. The Grand Slam there are no easy matches, so glad you continue in the second week of my first quarter here, "said Voznyatski.
Danish expected winner of the match between Francesca Skiavone (Italy) and Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia).
9 seeded Na Li of China also continued its successful course.
Last year polufinalistka beat eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6:3, 6:3 for 84 minutes.
Azarenka started to break, but then lost five of the next six games, and thus the first set.
The second part of the match went equivalent to 2:2 after rannarazmyana of breakthroughs, but the end is dominated by Li gave only one game of her opponent, to triumph.
Chinese placed 27 winning blowand her next opponent will be determined later today after the match between Maria Sharapova (RUS) and Andrea Petkovic (Germany).