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Kaia Kanepi’s fine run at Dubai continues

Sania Mirza and Mara Santangelo crash out of doubles draw

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PURPLE PATCH: Kaia Kanepi rode her good form to get past Elena Vesnina in the quarterfinals, a day after scoring the biggest scalp of her career beating Jelena Jankovic.

DUBAI: Estonian Kaia Kanepimoved into the semifinals of the Dubai Open on Thursday, beating Elena Vesnina 6-3, 7-5.

On Wednesday, Serena Williams reached the quarterfinals. The World No. 1 from the United States won 6-4, 6-2 against Zheng Jie, the Wimbledon semifinalist from China, seven hours after her elder sister Venus Williams also reached the last eight.

In the doubles event, Sania Mirza and Mara Santangelo lost 3-6, 3-6 to the top-seeded pair of Zimbabwean Cara Black and American Liezel Huber.

Hewitt beats Blake

Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt upset third-seeded James Blake of the United States 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at the RMK championship at Memphis on Wednesday.

The top-seeded Andy Roddick beat Steve Darcis of Belgium 7-6(1), 6-2, in the day’s last match.

Important results: At Dubai (Dubai Open): Quarterfinals: Kaia Kanepi bt Elena Vesnina 6-3, 7-5; Virginie Razzano bt Vera Zvonareva 7-6(7), 7-5. Third round: Serena Williams bt Zheng Jie 6-4, 6-2; Kaia Kanepi bt Jelena Jankovic 6-2, 7-5.

At Memphis (RMK championships & Cellular South Cup): Men: First round: Mardy Fish bt Lu Yen-hsun 6-1, 7-5; Radek Stepanek bt Kevin Kim 6-4, 6-2; Sam Querrey bt Tommy Haas 7-6(4), 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt bt James Blake 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Andy Roddick bt Steve Darcis 7-6(1), 6-2. Women: Second round: Lucie Safarova bt Vania King 7-6(1), 6-3; Sabine Lisicki bt Stephanie Foretz 6-2, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki bt Severine Bremond 6-1, 7-6(1).

At Marseille (Open 13): Second round: Mischa Zverev bt Arnaud Clement 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez bt Dmitry Tursunov 7-6(4), 7-6(1); Mikhail Youzhny bt Andreas Seppi 7-6(2), 6-3. First round: Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Gael Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Andrey Golubev 7-6(5), 6-2; Novak Djokovic bt Jeremy Chardy 7-6(2), 6-4.

At Buenos Aires (Copa Telmex): Second round: Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Marcel Granollers 6-7(7), 6-0, 6-3; David Nalbandian bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-5, 6-2; Tommy Robredo bt Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

At Bogota (Copa Sony Ericsson Colsnitas): Second round: Patricia Mayr bt Nuria Llagostera Vives 7-6(8), 6-3; Edina Gallovits bt Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-4. — Agencies

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