Elena Dementieva beats Patty Schnyder, reaches US Open semifinals

September 2, 2008 | In US Open, Patty Schnyder, Elena Dementieva |

Elena Dementieva at the 2008 US OpenFifth seed Elena Dementieva eased past 15th seed Patty Schnyder 6-2 6-3 to reach her fourth US Open semifinal.

The Russian broke twice to take the first set. In the second set the Swiss broke back to level at 3-3, but Dementieva broke back again and didn’t lose another game until the end of the match. The gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics Dementieva has now won 11 matches in a row.

In the semifinals Dementieva will play either second seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia or 29th seed Sybille Bammer of Austria. (source: BBC, photo: Getty Images)

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    • 2 Comments so far

    1. Jelena Jankovic makes short work of Sybille Bammer, reaches US Open semifinals | Jelena Jankovic on September 3rd, 2008

      […] second US Open semifinal Jankovic will play against fifth seed Elena Dementieva who advanced with a win over Patty Schnyder. (source: Reuters, photo: Getty […]

    2. KLEVER on September 8th, 2008

      the us open lost the light, because you leave the courts, don´t worry elena, go ahead

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