Zvonareva battles into 4th round, Sharapova out of U.S. Open
10:50, 3 September 2011
NEW YORK. September 3. KAZINFORM World No. 2 Vera Zvonareva squeezed into the fourth round after a hard fight, while 2006 champion Maria Sharapova suffered a surprising defeat at Flushing Meadow on Friday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The second-seeded Zvonareva, last year's runner-up to Kim Clijsters, earned a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues.
Italy's Flavia Pennetta took down the third-seeded Sharapova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Sharapova was the runner-up at Wimbledon earlier this summer and was coming off a title in Cincinnati last month.
The 26th-seeded Pennetta will follow her hard-earned upset with a fourth-round match against Peng Shuai of China, who ousted German Julia Goerges 6-4, 7-6 (1).
A two-time winner this year, Zvonareva will next take on Sabine Lisicki of Germany, who earned a 6-0, 6-1 victory over American Irina Falconi; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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