subject: Vera Zvonareva Reached The Quarter-Finals [print this page] Zvonareva quarter increase in Pan Pacific:
Seed Russia on the other hand, who hit a career high fourth in the world after the end of the second place at the U.S. Open, took the last seven straight games to score a 6-4, 6 0 victory in the third round.
In his two previous visits to Tokyo Zvonareva lost in the first round each time the Australian Samantha Stosur in 2007 and Alisa Kleybanova from Russia last year.
"Overall, I think I played a good game but there is still room for improvement, especially with the consistency. I need to be more consistent, and I did not show my best today, but I played well when I needed to, "said Zvonareva.
The conditions were different today, the roof was open, and it was windy and we had to get used to the conditions that affected our two games throughout the match, but overall I'm satisfied with how I played.
"In the quarterfinals on Thursday, Zvonareva will play the Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva in Beijing, seeded seventh session returning from a service break early to beat Flavia Pennetta of Italy 6-4, 6-2.
In other action in the third round, Marion Bartoli of France abandoned his match due to viral disease, when she losing the first set 2-6 to Victoria Azarenka finished eighth Beralus seed.
American Coco Vandeweghe, the only qualifier to reach the quarter-finals where she outclassed Julia Goergen Germany 6-3, 6-0.Kanepi's quarterfinal opponent will be fifth-seeded French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, who drove out 40-year-old Japanese crowd favorite Kimiko Date Krumm 6-3, 6-3. The age-defying wild card Date Krumm captured this event in 1995.
