As the third day of the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open came to an end, one seed was knocked out, while the other seed survived a first set loss but eventually came back to win the match.
Nathalie Dechy found herself beat No. 4 seed Katarina Srebotnik in a tight three-setter, 75 26 76(1). The Slovenian hit 12 unforced errors in the third set, and that costed her the match.
"She started off well," said Dechy. "I couldn't do anything, but as soon as the tie-break started I tried to hang in there and keep the pressure up."
Dechy, who was one point away from beating Ana Ivanovic at Wimbledon, will appear in her first quarterfinal of the year, and she will face either Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko or No. 6 seed Aleksandra Wozniak.
Maria Kirilenko, seeded first, suffered a tough first set loss, but she didn't give up, as she fought back to win the next two sets to win the match, 16 62 75.
"I knew w
hat I had to do to win, but the ball was flying everywhere," said Kirilenko. "I made lots of mistakes in the first set and at the beginning of the second set."
hat I had to do to win, but the ball was flying everywhere," said Kirilenko. "I made lots of mistakes in the first set and at the beginning of the second set."Sabine Lisicki awaits Kirilenko in the quarterfinals, after winning to Camille Pin, 63 64.
No. 2 seed Nadia Petrova cruised through into the quarters, after her win to American Julie Ditty in just 57 minutes, 61 61. This is going to be the Russian's fifth semifinal of the year.
"When I began to break her she started to lose her confidence. I tried to work on my own game and I didn't want to give her a second break," said Petrova on her quick victory over the American.
"She was serving well and I had to adjust; she really wanted to dominate me and whenever she had me moving it was difficult."
Petrova will battle Lilia Osterloh, after the American gained victory over Petra Cetkovska of the Czech Republic, 64 61.
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