Azarenka wins; Zvonareva loses in China
Tennis Betting Lines
10/05/2011 - Beijing, China (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Second seed Victoria Azarenka posted a second-round victory, while third-seeded Vera Zvonareva was among Wednesday's third-round losers at the lucrative China Open tennis event.
The Belarusian Azarenka got past capable Slovenian Polona Hercog in 7-6 (10-8), 6-3 fashion, while the 2010 Beijing runner-up Zvonareva was pasted by former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1 in 68 minutes at the National Tennis Center. The Serbian Ivanovic broke Zvonareva's serve six times on Day 5.
The former Wimbledon and U.S. Open runner-up Zvonareva was last week's Tokyo runner-up to Agnieszka Radwanska and lost to Caroline Wozniacki here in last year's Beijing finale.
A hot Radwanska, seeded 11th this week, was an easy 6-1, 6-4 second-round winner against Chinese wild card and crowd favorite Zheng Jie on Wednesday. The Polish Radwanska captured her second WTA title of the year at last week's Pan Pacific Open.
In other action in Beijing, ninth-seeded German Andrea Petkovic fought back to take out eighth-seeded French slugger Marion Bartoli 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in the third round and Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu routed South African qualifier Chanelle Scheepers 6-2, 6-1 in a second-round affair. The rising Scheepers captured her first-ever WTA title in Guangzhou here in China two weeks ago.
The third round will wrap up on Thursday, including matches for world No. 1 and reigning Beijing champion Caroline Wozniacki, Azarenka and Radwanska. The six-time 2011 WTA titlist Wozniacki will take on Estonian Kaia Kanepi, while Azarenka will battle 13th-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and the surging Radwanska will tangle with Swede Sofia Arvidsson.
The 2011 China Open champ will pocket $775,500.
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