Thursday, May 3, 2012

Vinci into Estoril semifinals

Top seed Roberta Vinci advanced to the quarterfinals in Estoril today when she defeated Nadia Petrova 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Joining Vinci in the semifinals will be 6th seed Kaia Kanepi, Carla Suarez Navarro and qualifier Karin Knapp, who defeated Galina Voskoboeva. Voskoboeva and partner Yaroslava Shvedova reached the doubles final by defeating Sania Mirza and Anastasia Rodionova.

Anabel Medina Garrigues won the 2011 Estoril tournament. Medina Garrigues went out this year in the second round.

In Budapest, top seed Sara Errani reached the semifinals when she defeated Alberta Brianti 6-4, 6-0. Also into the semifinals are Anna Tatishvili, Marina Erakovic and Elena Vesnina. Tatishvili defeated Aleksandra Wozniak 5-7, 7-6, 6-4. They played for over two and a half hours.

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