Saturday, August 8, 2009

[tennis] Sharapova in Semis of LA Open



Maria Sharapova reached the semi finals of the LA Tennis Open in Los Angeles. The Russian, currently ranked 61, came back from a long injury break this spring. Sharapova defeated Urszula Radwanska 6-4, 7-5 in the quarter final match and will face Flavia Pennetta in the semifinal. The Italian defeated 2nd seed Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 6-2. In the earlier round she upset 5th seed Nadia Petrova. In the pther semi final Samantha Stosur will face Sorana Cirstea. Stosur won against Zheng Jie 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Jie earlier defeated top seed Dinara Safina. On the other hand Cirstea got the better of Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6(4), 1-6, 7-5.

semi final line up:

Maria Sharapova vs Flavia Pennetta H2H: 2-0
Samantha Stosur vs Sorana Cirstea H2H: 1-0

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