Hantuchova upsets Jankovic in Charleston, Wozniacki advances to semis

Daniela HantuchovaEighth seed Daniela Hantuchova upset second seed Jelena Jankovic 1-6 6-3 6-3 to advance to the semifinals of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, where she will face fourth seed Samantha Stosur who advanced by beating Peng Shuai 6-4 6-1. Before this quarterfinal match-up on green clay, Hantuchova had won just one of four meetings she had with the 2007 Charleston champion Jankovic.

The world No.7 Jankovic rallied from a set down to win her first match of the tournament, in the second round against Edina Gallovits. The third round against Evgeniya Rodina was much easier for Jankovic, but the former world No.1 succumbed in the quarterfinals to the former world No.5, who hasn’t won a WTA singles title since 2007.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki is still on a winning streak, and her eighth straight victory came in the Charleston quarterfinal against sixth seed Nadia Petrova. Wozniacki, last year’s runner-up to Sabine Lisicki at the Family Circle Cup, defeated the 2006 Charleston champion Petrova 6-3 6-4. Wozniacki’s opponent in Saturday's semifinal will be the winner of the match between Vera Zvonareva and Melanie Oudin. (photo: Stephane Martinache)

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4 Comments so far

  1. bb on April 16th, 2010

    JJ won Charleston in 2007 not 2009!

    You probably made a typo…it's cool!

  2. Marija on April 17th, 2010

    Grrr I hate it when I make typoes. Thank you bb!

  3. Marine on April 17th, 2010

    Wow, this is a big surprise for me! Daniela seems to be rejuvenated somehow, she has more fighting spirit than in the past. Proud of you, Dani! But good effort to JJ as well.

  4. LuLinQa on April 17th, 2010

    Danka was very good :) Very agressive in the third set :) Hope she will win the title :)

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