Tennis: Rain keeps Williams sisters waiting
Unseeded Swiss Stefanie Voegele ousted 10th-seeded German Julia Goerges 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
CHARLESTON:
World number one Serena Williams and Venus Williams were among the players left waiting as rain wreaked havoc at the WTA claycourt tournament in Charleston. Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the quarter-finals via walkover after Germany’s Andrea Petkovic pulled out of their third-round match with a right calf injury, but for much of the day that non-event was the only action. Three matches finally got on Charleston’s green clay courts, with 2007 Charleston champ Jelena Jankovic of Serbia booking her quarter-final berth with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over US qualifier Jessica Pegula. Unseeded Swiss Stefanie Voegele ousted 10th-seeded German Julia Goerges 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 to set up a quarter-final clash with Wozniacki. Canadian Eugenie Bouchard also advanced, when third-seeded Australian Sam Stosur retired while trailing in the second set of their match with an existing calf injury.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2013.
World number one Serena Williams and Venus Williams were among the players left waiting as rain wreaked havoc at the WTA claycourt tournament in Charleston. Second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the quarter-finals via walkover after Germany’s Andrea Petkovic pulled out of their third-round match with a right calf injury, but for much of the day that non-event was the only action. Three matches finally got on Charleston’s green clay courts, with 2007 Charleston champ Jelena Jankovic of Serbia booking her quarter-final berth with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over US qualifier Jessica Pegula. Unseeded Swiss Stefanie Voegele ousted 10th-seeded German Julia Goerges 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 to set up a quarter-final clash with Wozniacki. Canadian Eugenie Bouchard also advanced, when third-seeded Australian Sam Stosur retired while trailing in the second set of their match with an existing calf injury.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 6th, 2013.