Top seed Elena Dementieva improved her head-to-head score against Amelie Mauresmo, seeded 5th, as she made in 9-5, after winning to Amelie in straight sets. Other quarterfinal winners are 6th seed Li Na, Sorana Cirstea, seeded 8th, and Caroline Woznaicki, seeded 4th.
Dementieva won her 14 rivalry with Mauresmo in straight sets, 64 60.
"She has a great defensive game," said Dementieva after improving her head-to-head with her French rival to 6-8, "so I tried to finish points at the net because I know she's very good in the long rallies. I saw some of Sorana's match; she played well, especially in the second set. I beat her last time but that was on grass. Tomorrow is going to be a very different matc
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h."Her opponent in the semis will be Wozniacki, who won her match to No. 7 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, 61 76(7).
Na won her match differently other than the Romanian, a she beat Iveta Benesova, who ousted Anna Chakvetadze, in three sets, 64 46 62.
No. 3 seed Daniela Hantuchova failed to go any further than the quarters, as she suffered a loss to Cirstea, 76(2) 62.
"I started well, I think I did everything I was supposed to up to 5-2, then I lost my concentration a bit and she started to go for her shots more," said the 25-year-old Slovak, who has slipped from the Top 10 to No.15 this year after a foot stress fracture ruined a great start to the season. "In the tie-break I didn't play very well at all, and after that she saw she had a chance and it was hard to stop her.
"The second set was close, even though it was 6-2," Hantuchova added. "I think every game went to deuce and ad. She served well, but I think I could have been more aggressive on the second serve."
Friday, October 24, 2008
Singles - Quarterfinals
(1) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d. (5) Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) 64 60
(8) Sorana Cirstea (ROU) d. (3) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 76(2) 62
(4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (7) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 61 76(7)
(6) Li Na (CHN) d. Iveta Benesova (CZE) 64 46 62
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