Kim Clijsters kept her comeback rolling yesterday, booking a quarter-final berth at the two million-dollar WTA tournament here with a victory over French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Kim Clijsters kept her comeback rolling yesterday, booking a quarter-final berth at the two million-dollar WTA tournament here with a victory over French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Clijsters, playing her first tournament in two years, defeated the sixth-seeded Russian 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 and will play either top seeded Russian Dinara Safina or China's Peng Shuai.
Kuznetsova wasn't the only upset victim on Thursday, as Italian Flavia Pennetta ousted third-seeded Venus Williams 7-6 (7/2), 6-4.
Williams had 38 unforced errors, including untimely forehands long in the first-set tiebreaker and a forehand over the baseline on match point.
"I wasn't able to get control of my ball today," Williams said. "After a while, it was obvious to see she was just keeping the ball in play and waiting for me to self-destruct."
Pennetta, fresh from a victory on Sunday in the tournament in Los Angeles, raised her arms in triumph as Williams' last forehand sailed long.
"I'm shaking," said the Italian, adding that such emotion was "very unusual" for her.
"Coming from Los Angeles, I didn't have many days to rest. I was playing like that yesterday, not my best tennis. I was tired. When everything comes together, the emotions go up."
Pennetta will play Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova, who advanced with a 7-6 (8/6), 0-6, 7-6 (7/5) victory over seventh-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia.
Eighth-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki also advanced as Hungary's Melinda Czink retired injured while trailing 3-0 in the opening set.
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