Wozniacki ousted at WTA Stanford Event
Danish top seed Caroline Wozniacki was upset in the second round of
the WTA Stanford hardcourt tournament Thursday, falling to 60th-ranked
Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 6-2.
The Uzbek-born American took only 92 minutes to eliminate the world
number five and book a quarter-final date with Germany's 63rd-ranked
Mona Barthel. Wozniacki received a bye in the first round.Polish second
seed Agnieszka Radwanska outlasted Japan's Misaki Doi 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 to
reach a last-eight matchup against German fifth seed Angelique Kerber,
who downed Croatian Ana Konjuh 6-4, 6-3.
Czech fourth seed Karolina Pliskova, who advanced 7-5, 6-2 over
Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm, will meet Croatian Ajla Tomljanovic in the
quarter-finals.The other quarter-final will be between American Alison
Riske and Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
The event lost its star headliner when world number one Serena
Williams withdrew. The American is going for her fifth consecutive Grand
Slam singles title and the 22nd of her career at the US Open next month
in New York. |