Zvonareva, Radwanska enter Tokyo final

World No.4, Vera Zvonareva has crushed out 5^th seeded, Petra Kvitova in the semi final of the Toray Pan pacific Open 2011.The Russian fourth seeded, Vera Zvonareva just took one hour and thirty minutes to conquer 2011 Wimbledon Champion, Petra Kvitova  in straight sets with a score line of 7-6(2), 6-0 to enter into the finals of the 2011 Toray Pan pacific Open.

Both the players have started off the match with a good note and took the first set to a tie break. However, Kvitova served for the tiebreaker, Zvonareva broke her and by holding her own took a lead of 2-0. The players then matched a blow for a blow with a series of breaks and holds. By benefiting from four breaks points Zvonareva was able to take the lead and rushed past the Czech clinching 7-2 in the tiebreaker.

Wimbledon champion Kvitova exits US Open

 

             Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was upset by Alexandra Dulgheru in the first round of the U.S. Open on Monday.The 48th-ranked Romanian won 7-6 (3), 6-3. The fifth-seeded Kvitova committed 52 unforced errors. Dulgheru improved to 3-9 against top-10 opponents, with her first victory on a surface other than clay. She had played only one singles match since Wimbledon because of injuries to both knees. 

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