On Thursday in Stanford, two seeds ahd the toughest matches of the week so far, but they fought hard to win them. Marion Bartoli was struggling against British Anna Keothavong, and Patty Schnyder was down three sets points in the first set to Alisa Kleybanova.
No. 6 seed Marion Bartoli was battling her way to victory over Anne Keothavong, and survived it to win 63 16 75. But the match between No. 5 Patty Schnyder and Alisa Kleybanova is a different story.
Schnyder rallied back from 4-2 down and she also handled three set points down in the tiebreak in the firs
t set, at 6-5 down, 7-6 down, and 8-7 down, but eventually Patty was strong enough and won the set in the 10-8 in the tiebreak. The second set was more simple and Schnyder continued to take control and won the match 76(8) 64.
t set, at 6-5 down, 7-6 down, and 8-7 down, but eventually Patty was strong enough and won the set in the 10-8 in the tiebreak. The second set was more simple and Schnyder continued to take control and won the match 76(8) 64.Bartoli, seeded sixth, had an even tougher fight against British Keothavong, as the Brit bounced back from losing the first set to winning the second, but Bartoli was to much for the Brit and took the match 63 16 75.
Qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak had reached her third and biggest quarterfinal of her career after a win over Sybille Bammer 64 75.
"I beat her at Roland Garros and I knew she wanted her revenge here; I think she played really well but today I was a bit tougher than her," Wozniak said. "This was my fifth match of the week, including qualifying, so I've gotten used to the conditions and the heat, which definitely helps as well."
Samantha Stosur, who fell to Wozniak in the qualifying rounds, came back as a lucky loser, and pulled so far the biggest upset of the tournement, stunning Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in an hour and six minutes, 63 62. This is Stosur's second time reaching the quarterfinals here at Stanford, the first being in 2006 after beating Nicole Vaidisova.
All four quarterfinals will take Stadium court on Friday. Top seed Serena Williams faces Schnyder, No.2 seed Anna Chakvetadze takes on Bartoli, Wozniak faces Stosur and Dominika Cibulkova faces Ai Sugiyama.
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