Unseeded Kanepi knocks Wozniacki out of Pan Pacific Open
September 28th, 2011 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 28 (IANS) World No.1 and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark was upset by unseeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi in the WTA Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament here Wednesday.
The 21-year-old Wozniacki, who was stopped in the semifinals of the US Open two weeks ago, lost to the 43rd-ranked Estonian 5-7, 6-1, 4-6 in the third round, Xinhua reported.
Second seed Maria Sharapova of Russia survived a scare before advancing to the quarterfinals. She rallied to beat Germany’s Julia Goerges 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4) in another third round match.
Following are the other third round results from the $2.05-million event (prefix number denotes seeding):
4-Vera Zvonareva, Russia, bt Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2
7-Marion Bartoli, France, bt 10-Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-1
Maria Kirilenko, Russia, bt Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-1
3-Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, bt Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5
5-Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, bt Vania King, United States, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4)
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