Russia’s Elena Vesnina ousted German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California on Tuesday.
The victory was the 14th-seeded Vesnina’s first against a top-three player and put the doubles specialist into a last-eight showdown against Venus Williams.
“I think I played a really good match,” the Russian said in her courtside interview.
Vesnina blasted 28 winners to 21 unforced errors and broke Kerber’s serve five times to forge ahead before holding off a late rally by the German, who will return to number one in the world rankings next week despite …read more
Source: Gulf times
