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MASON - Five of the top 10 players in the world were winners on Wednesday afternoon in second round action at the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open.
These results have set the stage for some very intriguing matches on Thursday.
Fourth seed and 2008 Olympic gold medalist
Elena Dementieva was the highest seeded winner during the afternoon session as she downed qualifier
Yanina Wickmayer 6-3 6-4 in 80 minutes.
Dementievea will face rising star
Sonara Cirstea who defeated
Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3 6-2.
“You know, I was really excited to play against her,” Dementieva said. “She was playing very well and just think she has really lots of talent. I did expect a tough match against her. So, yeah, I'm satisfied with the result today.”
The 2008 US Open finalist
Jelena Jankovic, the fifth seed, outlasted wild card
Maria Kirilenko 7-6(6) 6-3.
“It was a tough match, especially it's first round. First match for me, it's never easy. It takes time to get used to the conditions
Jankovic's win sets up a battle against another Top 10 player,
Victoria Azarenka, who defeated 2007 champion
Anna Chakvetadze 6-4 62.
“If you go far in the tournament you're obviously gonna play somebody from the top 10,” Azarenka said. “This year I've been doing some good results in the tournaments and had to play a lot of top 10 players. I had good and bad results against almost all of them this year.“
The 2006 Cincinnati champion and seventh seed
Vera Zvonareva needed 2:26 to get past
Alisa Kleybanova 6-4 1-6 7-5. That sets up a match against 2005 Cincinnati semifinalist
Daniela Hantuchova, who advanced with a 7-5 1-6 6-4 win over
Alona Bondarenko.
The last Top 10 player to win during the day on Wednesday was No. 8 seed
Caroline Wozniacki who defeated
Aleksandra Wozniak 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Also winning on Wednesday was former World No. 1
Kim Clijsters, who moved to 2-0 since her comeback with a 6-2 7-5 win over 2005 Cincinnati champion
Patty Schnyder.
Clijsters will now face
Svetlana Kuznetsova, who had won on Tuesday.
Flavia Pennetta extended her winning streak to 13-straight matches with a 6-2 6-4 win over
Agnes Szavay and will now face
Venus Williams on Thursday.
Two seeded players stumbled on Wednesday.
Melinda Czink took out No. 11
Ana Ivanovic 7-6(6) 7-5, and
Sybille Bammer defeated No. 13
Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0 7-5.
Here's a look at the full results from Wednesday (as of 7 p.m.):
SINGLES SECOND ROUND
(4) Elena Dementieva (RUS) d (Q) Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-3 6-4
(5) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) d (WC) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 7-6(6) 6-3
(7) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) d Alisa Kleybenova (RUS) 6-4 1-6 7-5
(8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) d Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 4-6 6-4 6-4
(9) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) d Anna Chakvedtadze (RUS) 6-4 6-2
Melinda Czink (HUN) d (11) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 7-6(6) 7-5
Sybille Bammer (AUT) d (13) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-0 7-5
Shuai Peng (CHN) d Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 5-7 6-2 6-1
(WC) Kim Clijsters (BEL) d Patty Schnyder (SUI) 6-2 7-5
Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) d Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 7-5 1-6 6-4
Sonara Cirstea (ROU) d Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 6-3 6-2
DOUBLES FIRST ROUND
Maria Kirilenko (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) d Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE) / Zi Yan (CHN) 6-4 6-0
DOUBLES SECOND ROUND
(2) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Ai Sugiyama (JPN) d (WC) Melanie Oudin (USA) / Shenay Perry (USA) 6-3 6-2
Vera Dushevina (RUS) / Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) d (3) Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Shuai Peng (CHN) 1-6 6-4 10-6