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Seeds tumble in Toronto
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 13 - 08 - 2011

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and French Open winner Li Na both crashed out of the Toronto WTA Tournament Thursday as the top seeds tumbled.
American Serena Williams avoided joining them after rallying from behind to beat Zheng Jie and win through to the quarter-finals.
Defeats for Kvitova and Li, who both lost in straight sets, mean eight of the top 10 seeds have now fallen.
Czech seventh seed Kvitova, 21, who recently recovered from a thigh injury, was beaten 6-1, 6-2 by Germany?s Andrea Petkovic. Sixth seed Li went out 6-2, 6-4 to Australian Samantha Stosur.
But the loss of star power didn?t end there in a bruising day on the hardcourts.
The pre-US Open tournament also saw fifth seed Maria Sharapova lose in straight sets, with the Russian going down 6-3, 7-5 to Kazakh qualifier Galina Voskoboeva ? ranked 135th in the world.
?Whether you?re No.1 in the world or you?re facing someone that?s 100 or so, you still have to go out and win. That?s what the sport is all about,? said Sharapova, who has 23 career singles titles.
Williams advanced but not before receiving a first-set scare from Chinese qualifier Zheng Jie.
Williams used her powerful serve to come through, firing 10 aces in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win. She will face Lucie Safarova next. The Czech downed eighth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy 6-3, 6-3.
?I decided that I had to like really relax and really calm down and just, you know, try to start playing better,? Williams said.
?She was really just playing well from the whole match. I just tried to do better.?
Third seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia was also knocked out, beaten 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) by Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
The big names join top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki on the sidelines after she was beaten Roberta Vinci Wednesday.
In other matches, fourth seed Victoria Azarenka of Belarus booked her spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, while Roberta Vinci of Italy defeated Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2.
Li, who was playing her first match of the week after a bye and a walkover, said she felt ?like a junior on the court?.
The 29-year-old made sporting history at the French Open in June when she became the first player from an Asian country to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Voskoboeva, 26, had already breezed past Marion Bartoli and Flavia Pennetta before dispatching Sharapova. The Kazakh beat the six-foot-two-inch Russian with perfectly timed drop shots, running her around the court in the one hour, 47 minute contest.
Clijsters pulls out
Kim Clijsters has pulled out of next week?s Cincinnati Open because of an injury that forced her to withdraw from this week?s Toronto Cup, the world number two said Thursday. ? Agencies __


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