No. 6 seeded Russian Vera "The Crying Game" Zvonareva will not be put off in her quest to win the title at the WTA stop in Philadelphia, her last hope of qualifying for the year-end WTA Championships.
On Thursday in Philly The Crying Game came back from a set down to defeat Frenchwoman
Nathalie Dechy, setting up a quarterfinal meeting with Jennifer Capriati.
Top-seeded
Amelie Mauresmo (d. Benesova) also advanced, as did the rest of the total six seeds in action, including (2)
Anastasia Myskina (d. Neffa-De los Rios), (5)
Venus Williams (d. Fedak 7-6 in the third), (7)
Nadia Petrova (d. Amy "Down Goes" Frazier), and hot-handed Aussie (8)
Alicia Molik (d. Jankovic).
Friday's QF match-ups are Petrova vs. Myskina in an all-Russian (Myskina leads meetings 3-1, including the last three), Zvonareva vs. Capriati (Jenny Cap leads 1-0), Sharapova vs. Molik (tied 1-1), and Mauresmo vs. Venus (American leads 5-1, though Mauresmo won their last meeting).
