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Vinci Blanks Ivanovic, Li Ousts Bouchard on Rainy Day in Montreal
By Chris Oddo
(August 9, 2012)--
Robert Vinci
handed former Rogers Cup champion
Ana Ivanovic
a dose of harsh reality in the form of a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing this afternoon.
The 45-minute whitewash was Vinci's second double bagel of her career, with the first also coming at the Rogers Cup, against Nuria Llagostera Vives at Toronto in 2007.
Vinci will face the winner of the match between
Angelique Kerber
and
Ekaterina Makarova
, which was suspended due to rain with Kerber up a set but down a break in the second set.
Aleksandra Wozniak
advanced to the Rogers Cup round of 16 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over thirteenth-seeded
Jelena Jankovic
on Thursday.
Playing in her home province of Quebec, Wozniak was embraced warmly by the crowd at Uniprix Stadium.
"It's awesome, I'm really happy to be in the next round," said Wozniak, who reached the round of 16 at Montreal in her only other appearance at the event in 2002.
Jankovic saved two match points with the Canadian serving for the match, but the former World No. 1 shanked a forehand return on the ensuing serve to give Wozniak a third match point, which she converted.
Wozniak saved four of five break points on the afternoon, while breaking Jankovic four times on ten attempts.
The win is Wozniak's first career victory over Jankovic in five clashes. The 24-year-old will face American
Christina McHale
in the next round.
Carla Suarez Navarro
also pulled a bit of a shocker today when she defeated fifteenth-seeded
Sabine Lisicki
3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Lisicki only made 48 percent of her first serves on the afternoon, and was broken five times on eight opportunities in the final two sets by the Spaniard.
The 23-year-old from the Canary Islands will face the winner of tonight's suspended match between Victoria Azarenka and Tamira Paszek in the next round.
In between rain showers Thursday, second-seeded
Agnieszka Radwanska
came back from set down to defeat
Mona Barthel
in a third-set tiebreaker 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5).
It was also a good day for American women, as
Christina McHale
and
Varvara Lepchenko
advanced. McHale needed three sets and more than two and a half hours to take care of lucky loser
Galina Voskoboeva
of Kazakhstan, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, while 26-year-old Lepchenko scored what was perhaps the biggest upset of the day when she defeated San Diego champion
Dominika Cibulkova
in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.
In the final match on Court Central,
Li Na
dashed the hopes of 18-year-old Canadian wildcard
Eugenie Bouchard
with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 victory. Tenth-seeded Li will face
Sara Errani
in the round of 16.
Several other matches were suspended on a rainy Thursday in Montreal.
Victoria Azarenka
was tied 3-3 in the first set with
Tamira Paszek
when rain intervened, while
Caroline Wozniacki
was two games away from victory against
Kiki Bertens
, leading 4-0 in the second set after taking the first set 7-5.
(Photo Credit: AP)
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