Williams sisters continue to cruise, Safina ousted in Miami
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03/30/2009 -
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sisters Serena and Venus Williams won their
matches in straight sets Sunday and advanced to the fourth round of the $4.5
million Sony Ericsson Open.
Top-ranked Serena topped China's Peng Shuai, the 32nd seed, 7-5, 6-2, while
Venus, seeded fifth, dispatched German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 7-5, 6-3.
Serena won her second straight and fifth overall Miami title last year by
besting Jelena Jankovic in the final. She also titled here from 2002-04. The
five titles ties Steffi Graf for the most ever at this tournament.
Next up for Serena will be 17th seed Zheng Jie of China, as she breezed past
Frenchwoman Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-0. Venus' next opponent will be 10th-seeded
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, who defeated 21st-seeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi
6-4, 6-3.
Venus won this event in 1998, 1999 and 2001. Venus defeated Serena in the '99
finale.
Meanwhile, a trio of high seeds -- all from Russia -- failed to make it out of
the third round. Second-seeded Dinara Safina was upended by Australian
Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-4, while China's Li Na outlasted sixth-seeded Vera
Zvonareva, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova bested fellow countrywoman and
ninth-seed Nadia Petrova 7-5, 6-1.
Another upset saw Hungary's Agnes Szavay, seeded 25th, topple seventh-seeded
Serbian Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
Also Sunday, fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva defeated Spaniard Carla
Suarez Navarro, the 31st seed, 6-2, 6-2, while some other seeds to advance
were No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, No. 11 Victoria Azarenka and No. 13 Caroline
Wozniacki. The Russian Kuznetsova downed Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech
Republic 6-1, 6-4, Azarenka of Belarus made quick work of 22nd-seeded Russian
Anna Chakvetadze 6-1, 6-4, and Wozniacki of Denmark topped 18th-seeded Swiss
Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-4.
In other action, 20th seed Amelie Mauresmo of France rallied from a set down
to beat 15th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-2, 24th-seeded
Russian Alisa Kleybanova fended off Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus 6-3, 3-6,
6-4, and 26th-seeded Czech Iveta Benesova defeated Gisela Dulko of Argentina
6-3, 6-2.
Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues, seeded 19th, advanced after 16th-seeded
Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova was forced to retire in the third set because of
cramping.
The 2009 Miami champ will claim $700,000.
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