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Petkovic demolishes top seed; Date-Krumm packs off Doi

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Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 08:40:42 AM

Andrea Petkovic
Top seed Nina Bratchikova of Russia and second seed Misaki Doi of Japan were shown the door in the quarterfinals of the Royal Indian Open WTA Challenger being played at the Shiv Chattrapati Sports Complex on Friday.

Wild card entrant, Andrea Petkovic of Germany was ruthless in hammering Bratchikova 6-2, 6-0 in just under an hour, while fifth seed 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm got the better of her much younger compatriot Misaki Doi 6-1, 6-4 to book a semifinal berth.

Petkovic, who had struggled in the first round of the tournament against Sofia Shapatava, was on the top of her game from the start and it did not help matters for Bratchikova who began the match with three unforced errors to drop her serve in the first game of the match.

The trend continued through out the encounter with the German breaking Bratchikova again in the fifth game to pocket the set. The second set was a completely one sided affair with Petkovic toying with her opponent and did not lose a game in the bargain. "I was focused from the start.

Nina is a very good player and I knew that I cannot afford to relax against her. I am very happy the way I played today," said Petkovic. Date-Krumm raced through the first set and when she broke Moi in the third game it looked like this match would also go the way of the earlier encounter between Petkovic and Bratchikova.

However, Doi broke back immediately and for a brief period matched Date-Krumm stroke for stroke. But that was too good to last as the youngster crumbled under pressure while serving to save the match in the 10th game as she made three consecutive unforced errors to hand the quarterfinal to the opponent.







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