The quarter finals saw a slew of unexpected upsets.
(Rank/Seed)
3/1 Azarenka restored order last off, thrashing U.Radwanska 61 62.
4/2 A.Radwanska lost to the wildcard (13/5) Stosur 75 26 63, despite holding an early break lead in the third. Stosur eventually won a tiring battle due to her dedication to go for broke, despite often hitting unforced errors due to Radwanska's typical tenacity. This is Sam's 1st semi of the year, whilst for Aga it is yet another loss to a non top tenner; albeit a very good non top tenner!
8/3 Kvitova was ousted in an epic scrap with another wildcard, (131) Razzano 67(6) 75 76(8) in 3 hours 35 minutes; the 2nd longest match of the year. Razzano had plenty of chances to finish the match earlier, serving for it at 5-3 and missing her first 4 match points. Kvitova though would be left to rue her missed chances; she was broken to lose the 2nd set despite leading 40-0 in the 12th game, she served for the match at 6-5, missed 2 match points of her own on errors in the tiebreak at 6-5 and 8-7 and double faulted down match point having saved 4. However, Razzano is a very talented former top 20 player who now has 13 top 10 wins to her name (one of those of course being the infamous victory over Serena at the French Open 2012) and seems to be heading back towards her unconventional best on the court. For Kvitova however, the string of poor form in tournament seems to continue.
Elsewhere, (17/7) Ivanovic outhit (11/4) Vinci 61 67(1) 62 having lost their last meeting 60 60 to reach her 2nd semi final of the year.
At Washington DC, defending champion (43/7) Rybarikova upset (9/1) Kerber 76(0) 36 63, earning the only break in the third set. Kerber hasn't made a semi since Stuttgart.
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