Zheng Jie books last eight spot at Indian Wells
Zheng Jie books last eight spot at Indian Wells
Australian Open semifinalist Zheng Jie fought her way into the quarterfinals at Indian Wells Masters on Tuesday, beating Australian Alicia Molik 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1).
Zheng Jie of China hits a return to Alicia Molik of Australia during their match at the Indian Wells WTA tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California March 16, 2010. [Agencies]
The Chinese ace, ranked 23rd in the world, worked with Chan Yung Jan to stun the world number one doubles Cara Black and Liezel Huber 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the doubles quarterfinals.
In the singles, Zheng set up a meeting with Danish second seed Caroline Wozniacki who survived a see-saw battle with Russian veteran Nadia Petrova to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.
Fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia and fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland lined up a quarter-final clash with no-nonsense victories over a pair of French opponents.
Dementieva beat Aravane Rezai, 6-3, 6-3 while Radwanska downed Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-2.
Sixth-seeded Serbian Jelena Jankovic, who struggled mightily in a third-round victory over Sara Errani, turned in a strong performance in a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Israel\’s Shahar Peer.
