Kim Clijsters continued her blazing run on her comeback tour as she defeated 6th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the third round of the WTA tour event in Cincinnati . Clijsters will now face top seed and world no 1 Dinara Safina in the quarter final match. Safina defeated Shuai Peng 6-3, 6-4 in another match.
Flavia Pennetta brought about a big set back when she defeated Venus Williams in another third round tie. She will now face Daniella Hantuchova who got the better of Vera Zvonareva.
The surprise didn't end here in this event as the other Williams sister, Serena, too lost her third round match against Sybille Bammer 7-5, 6-4. Bammer will meet Jelena Jankovic who defeated Victoria Azarenka.
Elena Dementieva faces Caroline Wozniacky in the other quarter final match on friday.
quarter final lineup:
Dinara Safina- Kim Clijsters H2H: 1-6
Sybille Bammer- Jelena Jankovic H2H: 1-7
Flabia Pennetta- Daniella Hantuchova H2H: 0-1
Elena Dementieva- Caroline Wozniacky H2H: 2-2
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