The 3rd round generally went according to plan.
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Williams restored family honour in avenging her sisters loss to Wimbledon semi finalist (13/13) Flipkens. She fired 10 aces, one at 128mph to beat her 60 63.
4/3 Radwanska subdued powerful (17/14) Stephens 61 76(2), coming from 1-4 down in the 2nd set and playing more aggressively than ever to dominate the tiebreak.
5/4 Li barely survived in form (15/16) Ivanovic 36 61 76(5), recovering from 2-5 down in the 3rd set with some consistently powerful tennis from both the back and fore court.
6/5 Errani edged Cornet 75 76(3), having initially led 5-1 in the 2nd set! Errani lost her temper with Cornet over the French woman's persistent use of the Spanish phrase 'Vamos' as opposed to French phrase 'Allez,' somehow construing the action as some form of poor sportsmanship. Errani even saved a set point down 5-6 but still reached her 1st QF here.
7/6 Kvitova dominated on serve against Carlsbad champion (11/12) Stosur 63 63, who'd struggled in two 3 setters to reach the 3rd round. It was her 5th win in 6 over Stosur as she dropped serve only once, when serving for the match at 5-2!
8/7 (w/c) Bartoli sadly had to retire down 67(5) 0-1 to last weeks Washington DC champion Rybarikova with a suspected abdominal strain. Marion claimed it hurt on both the serve and her backhand as she admitted that her Wimbledon victory was still taking a physical toll.
Elsewhere, Stanford champion Cibulkova overcame (12/10) Vinci 63 76(4) having lost her last 5 meetings, including at Wimbledon against the Italian. Stanford semi finalist Cirstea backed up her 2nd round upset too with a straightforward 63 64 victory over (14/15) Jankovic, a finalist from 2007.
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