Venus wins match to keep hopes alive for spot in semifinal: Serena goes 3-0 on Day 3 in Doha

Venus Williams was able to close out and win her match against Svetlana Kuznetsova to keep her hopes alive for a semifinal entrance, while Serena Williams improved her round robin score to 3-0 after beating Elena Dementieva in straight sets.

Williams won her match with a score of 62 67(3) 64, which makes her get a round robin score of 1-2.

"The last couple of matches I tried to learn from my mistakes," Williams said. "When I make a mistake, I try to learn from it instead of get frustrated by it."

Williams had lost tight three-setters to Elena Dementieva and Serena Williams in her first two round robin matches and needed to win Thursday to keep her hopes of advancing to the semifinal round alive.

"My first two matches were close - one point here or there and I could have three wins instead of one," Williams added. "I guess that's the beauty of round robin. Just win as much as you can. It can get a little frustrating going into a match at 0-2... but I stayed positive."

In the White Group on Friday, Caroline Wozniacki plays Jelena Jankovic and Victoria Azarenka plays Agnieszka Radwanska. The first match of the day pits Wozniacki against Jankovic - if Wozniacki wins that, then Wozniacki and Azarenka get the two berths, no matter how the second match goes. If Jankovic wins that, then Jankovic gets the first berth, and Azarenka will need to win her match to get the second berth (otherwise Wozniacki will get it).


Thursday, October 29, 2009

Singles - Round Robin

WHITE GROUP
(4) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d. (9) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 60 67(3) 64

MAROON GROUP
(2) Serena Williams (USA) d. (5) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 62 64
(7) Venus Williams (USA) d. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 62 67(3) 64