Top seeds Caroline Wozniacki and Vera Zvonareva achieved quarterfinal success Thursday at the $721,000 Qatar Ladies Open.
The world No. 1 Wozniacki waltzed beat Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-0, while the 2010 U.S. Open and Wimbledon runner-up Zvonareva was tested mightily before cooling off surging Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5. Zvonareva and Hantuchova battled for 3 hours, 9 minutes on Day 4.
Just two weeks ago, the veteran Hantuchova was a titlist in Thailand
The former U.S. Open runner-up Wozniacki is ready to face off her title last week in Dubai and will face former Wimbledon runner-up Marion Bartoli of France in Friday's semifinals in Doha.
"I was playing really good tennis," the Danish Wozniacki said after advancing on Thursday. "I stayed calm and had to go for my shots."
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Zvonareva progresses to quarter-finals
Czech Republic's Iveta Benesova had been defeated by Russian tennis star Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round of the Australian Open championship, progressing into the quarter-finals.
Benesova was beaten up in 76 minutes 6-4, 6-1 by Vera who seeds number 2.In the first set Russian was down 2-4 , but won the next four games, and then take a comfortable victory in the second set.
In the next round Vera will face Czech Petra Kvitova, who won over Italy's Flavia Pennetta 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Monday, for a place in the championship's semi-finals.
Zvonareva finished second at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year.
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