Azarenka would be number 2 in the world if it reaches the semifinals on Chinese soil

Spanish Without the fray, at least in individual-level, the highlight of the day in Beijing was the ticket to the quarterfinals of Ana Ivanovic, little accustomed to the good news, scored a major victory over Vera Zvonareva. Monica Niculescu, Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwanska sealed his move to eighths.

Ana Ivanovic beat Vera Zvonareva of Russia by a score of 6-2 and 6-1 after one hour and seven minutes. This is the first victory of Serbia to a 'Top-5' from being proclaimed champion of Roland Garros, the only Grand Slam that is evident in his record since 2008 (0-9 is the stuff since then). In Ana roadmap now cross the shock winner faces Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who met today its commitment to China's Jie Zheng by a score of 6-1 and 6-4 after one time and seventeen minutes of play.

For the rest of the day it should be noted that sealed their passage to the knockout stages with Romanian Monica Niculescu win over Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa (6-2, 6-1), and the Belarussian Victoria Azarenka with his victory at the Slovenian Polona Hercog (7-6, 6-3).