Wozniacki moves ahead as Clijsters crashes out

Aug 22, 2010 |

Montreal, Aug. 21: Russian eighth seed Vera Zvonareva upset US Open champion Kim Clijsters 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the two million dollar Rogers Cup on Friday.

Zvonareva advanced to the semifinals where she will face Victoria Azarenka who beat France’s Marion Bartoli 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) in the late match.

The fifth-seeded Clijsters took a six-minute medical break where she was visited by a trainer for an apparent left thigh injury. She returned with her thigh wrapped and finished the third set.

“I don’t like to give up,” Clijsters said. “If something really bad happens, if you twist your ankle. But I was still able to move, still able to hit the ball, so I don’t believe in giving up,” she added.

The eighth-seeded Zvonareva had lost five consecutive times to Clijsters but now has beaten her the last two times they have played. She also won in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon this year.

In other matches, Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the semi-finals for the first time in eight Rogers Cup appearances with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over unseeded Zheng Jie of China and Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 6-2.

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