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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).

A win almost unbelievable. The duel between two former world No. 1 had a resounding turnaround, when it seemed it was for Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, finally ended in the hands of the Belgian Kim Clijsters, who advanced to the quarterfinals and end the traditional tournament in Miami.

A win almost unbelievable. The duel between two former world No. 1 had a resounding turnaround, when it seemed it was for Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, finally ended in the hands of the Belgian Kim Clijsters, who advanced thus the traditional quarter-finals of the tournament in Miami.

Clijsters, currently second in the WTA rankings, lost 5-1 in the third set, with Ivanovic, raised five match-points and finished imposed by 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-6 (7 - 5).

In a long match that lasted two hours and 17 minutes, the mother Clijsters, who won last January in Australia Open, won a great recovery thanks to his mental strength. And across the street was Ivanovic (19 th head standard) which suffered from doubts and ended up very sad.

Clijsters, the defending champion, committed 11 double faults, compared to seven of Serbia, and ended up getting a win that set the total points earned less than Ivanovic (129 against 132).

In addition, the Belgian broke one less service to the Serbia (four and five, respectively) in a match that just hit an ace and the loser had five.

Clijsters, winner of this tournament in 2005 and 2010, had the serve at 1-5 and 40-40, when it began to rebound. Ivanovic said she had problems with his racket. "You should see my racket," said French Open champion in 2008, making an effort to smile.

"As I broke my racket and then as I cried a little and then I got well," he said later, disappointed.

Thus, Ivanovic continues to suffer a marked lack of confidence. This clash was crucial to have won and resumed winning ways. But the fall, in contrast, will mean a blow hard.

Clijsters won and the pending second round clash on Monday night and was the last player to reach the quarter-finals, where his opponent Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, seeded eighth.

Meanwhile, Germany's Andrea Petkovic (21 second favorite) confirmed its high level of the previous day, when eliminated in three sets to Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, the No. 1 and recent world champion at Indian Wells.

Petkovic won his second consecutive victory against a top-ten, beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, No. 7-ranked and sixth-seeded with a score of 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Thus, Petkovic became the first semifinalist at the hard courts of Crandon Park Key Biscayne, in the event that distributes $ 4,500,000 in prizes.

Petkovic, 23, has only a title career and this is his third appearance in Miami, where he had never passed the third round.

As I walked past Wozniacki, Germanic also got his first win in his first match against Jankovic.

The rival is semi Petkovic Maria Sharapova (16 second favorite), who recovered to beat Romania's Alexandra Dulgheru (26 meetings) 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) and 7-6 (7-5 .) It was a marathon match that lasted three and half hours of play.

Another favorite of the China Open, the Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seeded fourth, defeated Croat Marin Cilic with a double 7-5.

The top seed of the China Open, Serbian Novak Djokovic, qualified for the quarterfinals by the absence of his rival, the American Mardy Fish, while Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki is ranked the victory of world number one ranking after beat Italy's Sara Errani.

Djokovic moved into the next round without playing because Mardy Fish, injured his left ankle, could not play the game.

The Serb played on Tuesday a first-round match that also earned him a lot of effort, as his opponent, Chinese Mao-Xin Gong, ranked 356 in the ATP world rankings and won in one hour and ten minutes by 6-1 6-3.

Djokovic's next opponent will be Frenchman Gilles Simon, who beat German Michael Berrer, by 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (4), in three hours and six minutes into the game, time that the Frenchman signed 16 aces.

Another favorite of the China Open, the Russian Nikolay Davydenko, seeded fourth, defeated Croat Marin Cilic with a double 7-5.

Davydenko will play the quarter-final against American John Isner, who, with 2.05 meters in height and serves more than 200 kilometers per hour, beat German Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (3), 3-6 and 6 -3. The American had 20 aces before the Teutonic, which in the previous round defeated Spanish Fernando Verdasco, seeded sixth.

In the women, the first favorite, Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament with a win over Italy's Sara Errani 6-4, 6-2.

Wozniacki, 20, will face the next round over Czech Petra Kvitova, who comes to beat the Estonian Kaia Kanepi 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2.

If he wins, Wozniacki will become the new world number one in the WTA rankings and move from that position to the American Serena Williams, who played just six tournaments so far this year.

Zvoraneva not fail

The second-seeded Russian Vera Zvoraneva, also spent the quarter-finals after winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 to compatriot Maria Kirilenko.

In the next phase, Zvoraneva will face Italian Francesca Schiavone, fifth seed, who eliminated Vera Dushevina of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Shahar Peer of Israel agreed to the quarterfinals by winning without difficulty to the Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru 6-1, 6-2.

In that round will face Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky, who beat Russian Elena Vesnina 6-2, 6-3.

THE Serbia will be accompanied by his compatriot in fourth JANKOVIC

The Serbian Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, head of series two three of the tournament, qualified for the quarterfinals of Roland Garros (France) break after the Czech Petra Cetkovska and Polish Agnieszka Radwanska respectively. The Swiss Patty Schnyder, Tenth favorite, will also be in quarter-finals.

The serbia Ana Ivanovic, second-seeded tournament, is ranked for quarter-finals after disposing of the fast track of the Czech Petra Cetkovska, which endorsed a marker 6-0 overall and 6-0 after fifty-four minutes of play. The youngest of Belgrade, which last year Pieces in Paris reaching the finals, continues to lead the bottom of the table and progressed to round female without hardly wear. In the next phase, Ana Ivanovic be measured to the winner of the duel between the Swiss Patty Schnyder, Tenth favorite.

The Swiss Patty Swiss. However, the last three clashes between the two ended with victory serbia.

The serbia Jelena Jankovic, third-seeded imposed on the Polish Agnieszka Radwanska, the fourteenth favorite for a marker to 6-3 overall and 7-6 (3) after two hours and seven minutes of play. The tennis player from Belgrade, which continues dragging physical problems-had to be assisted by the physiotherapist in the second set because of problems in his right shoulder-overcame another obstacle. The Next pitfall of Jankovic in the quarter-finals, will be the Spanish Carla Suarez. Schnyder, tenth-seeded imposed on the elovena Kataryna Srebotnik, two hundred and seventh favorite, a marker of 6-2 and 6-4 overall after an hour and twenty-four minutes of play. The Swiss dominated the encounter at all times, a party which had to be interrupted during the second set because of rain, and sealed his ticket to the quarterfinals. Ivanovic and Schnyder were measured seven times previously, with a 4-3 balance in favour of tennis