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Vera Zvonareva of Russia suffered a major setback in her quest to reach the semi-final stage of AEGON International after a disappointing and crushing defeat, 6-4, 6(4)-7, 4-6 by Samantha Stosur of Australia.
The Russian No. 1 was presumably brimming with confidence after the disposal of Serena Williams on Thursday, but it was a very languid and poor performance from the Russian in all components of her game. Despite showing some flashes of her A game in the beginning of the match, the world number three was nowhere near her vulnerability in the remainder part of the match. Stosur, on the other hand, had a lot of motivation, varying her serve excellently and picking her moments to attack with gusto.
After winning the opener, the 26-year-old never recovered and totally succumbed when the Aussie started to step up the level of her game for the first time. The Russian player was misfiring frequently, as was her trademark backhand down the line. As the nervy Russian struggled to find her range and rhythm, Aussie’s tennis was tremendously well and thought out, using her two-handed backhand to devastating effect. Keeping each other guessing with excellent variation of placement and spin, both Women pushed the set into a tie-breaker. However, it was the Aussie who turned out to be the victor and looked very pleased as she was able to make it through.
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