Kvitova stunned, Radwanska, Li, Serena through in Toronto


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 10 Aug 2013

Serena Williams of the U.S returns a shot to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia during their women's quarter-finals tennis match of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto, August 9, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

TORONTO (Reuters) - Defending champion Petra Kvitova suffered a shock exit when unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea beat the Czech 4-6 7-5 6-2 on Friday to move in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup.

Cirstea was joined by top seed Serena Williams, who thumped Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1 6-1 and set up a semi-final clash with third seed Agnieszka Radwanska who overcame her own ineffective serving to beat Italy's Sara Errani 7-6(1) 7-5.

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