Wimbledon Nadia Petrova moved into the next round of the East West Bank Classic on Tuesday.
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nadia Petrova moved into the another round of the East West Bank Classic on Tuesday. With her former hardcourt win since January, a 6-0, 6-4 success over fellow Russian Alina Jidkova.
Petrova, the seed, over a five-match losing characteristic on hardcourts and was combined in the succeeding round by No. 10 Flavia Pennetta of Italy, No. 11 Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic and No. 15 Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia. But the damage-plagued match lost another star when Wimbledon finalist and No. 2 seed Serena Williams withdrew due to an injured left knee.
Williams had withdrawn last Saturday at Stanford, but a desire to play at the Home Depot Center over the advice of medical people and her forefather, Richard. But she said that after warming up up on Tuesday she knew she be incapable to compete and associated equivalent Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova on the .
Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic, who call the No. 1 level in the realm by victorious here, will play her main match on Wednesday against 98th-ranked American Vania King. Jankovic is coming back from a knee grievance and has been idle since Wimbledon.
Pennetta was a 6-1, 6-0 sure thing over Stanford champion Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada; Vaidisova beat Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1, and Cibulkova ousted Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-4, 6-3. King set up her match with Jankovic by whipping Angela Haynes 6-3, 6-3.
