Wozniack survives seed cull

Eurosport - Fri, 19 Jun 00:00:00 2009

Teenager Caroline Wozniacki became the only women's seed to survive as far as the semi-finals of the Eastbourne International.

TENNIS Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in action at Eastbourne - 0

The sixth-seeded Dane produced a display of efficient and drama-free tennis to beat Russian qualifier Ekaterina Makarova 6-3 6-2 in under an hour on Devonshire Park's Centre Court.

Holder Agnieszka Radwanska, seeded eighth, was beaten 7-6 7-5 by Frenchwoman Virginie Razzano, who also knocked out top seed Elena Dementieva on Wednesday.

Wozniacki, who was Wimbledon junior champion in 2006, will meet Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak or Russian qualifier Vera Dushevina in Friday's semi-finals.

"I love coming back on grass every year and even though it is only a short period of time that we play on grass I feel like I am adapting really fast," said the 18-year-old Wozniacki, whose parents hail from Poland.

Wozniacki, making her fifth appearance at Eastbourne after starting out in the junior tournament here, said it was not just the grass she liked in the seaside resort.

"They have the best ice cream shop right around the corner and every year we go there," she said. "If I win I let myself eat one, if I don't I feel I don't deserve one."

On that basis, Poland's Radwanska, Wozniacki's good friend and fellow ice-cream lover, would have been going hungry on Thursday after failing to find the killer touch in her quarter-final against Razzano.

The 11th-ranked Radwanska broke Razzano, the world number 25, as the Frenchwoman served for the match at 5-3 and fended off three matchpoints with solid serving in the following game.

In the 12th game, however, she allowed her opponent to race to 0-40 and hit a forehand short to give Razzano victory.

"I played a tough match yesterday night and we finished very late and today was another tough match," Razzano said .

Told she would next face compatriot Marion Bartoli, who beat Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1 6-4, the Frenchwoman laughed.

"I know everything about her," said Razzano. "She is a special girl. I need to be careful about everything because she can do everything."

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  1. Bartoli out of eastbourne and maybe wimbledon with­ injury what a shame she great on the grass.

    From AJ, on Fri 19 Jun 4:38PM
  2. Please don't write "Wozniack" in the­ headline. It's hard to tell whether it's a­ misspelling of "Wozniacki" or a misspelling­ of "Wozniak"!

    From Andrew Broad, on Fri 19 Jun 2:47PM
  3. marion to win

    From john s, on Thu 18 Jun 10:22PM
  4. why did they make Ekaterina Makarova play this match­ so early in the day ...!??
    After her exhausting epic­ match yesterday to defeat Mauresmo

    This contest should­ have been 4.00pm or later to give Makarova some­ respite

    From ace.firstserve, on Thu 18 Jun 9:12PM
  5. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Phillipe and Debbie P are retarded crack whores who­ like to rape sheep.

    From FergusO, on Thu 18 Jun 7:51PM
  6. Debbie P said Bartoli should loose weight. I­ agree.
    robertxxxx said Wozniacki is lovely. I­ agree.
    robertxxxx said Bartoli is lovely. I don't­ agree.
    I don't want Bartoli to win Eastbourne.

    From rockgnr, on Thu 18 Jun 7:12PM
  7. are you a drag queen debbie?

    From sanchez.santos, on Thu 18 Jun 5:30PM
  8. I love Marion, she's lovely as is wozniacki.

    From robertxxxx, on Thu 18 Jun 5:23PM
  9. I want Bartoli to lose weight

    From Debbie P, on Thu 18 Jun 5:00PM
  10. i want bartoli to win eastbourne

    From petuladirk, on Thu 18 Jun 4:27PM
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