By Raleigh McPherson
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| Maria Sharapova of Russia |
NEW YORK (TheSportsNext) September 3, 2012: Women’s defending champion Samantha Stosur of Australia ended a dream run of giant-killer Laura Robson of England with a hard-earned 6-4 6-4 victory to book her a place in quarterfinals of the US Open 2012 on early Monday.
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| Samantha Stosur of Australia |
Men’s defending champions Novak Djokovic of Serbia also lived up to expectations when he made short work of Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 at the Ashe Arthur Stadium to storm into fourth round for the sixth consecutive year.
In a marathon encounter, David Ferrer tamed down 2001 US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt in Armstrong Stadium by 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 to book a berth in fourth round of the competition.
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| Novak Djokovic of Serbia |
Maria Sharapova survived a scare against fellow Russian Nadia Petrova before defeating her by 6-1 4-6 6-4 to set up clash against Marion Bartoli of France who stunned fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic by 1-6 6-2 6-0.
In another top class match, local player Andy Roddick extended his stay at the US Open by beating Fabio Fognini of Italy by 7-5, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4 in his third round match.
It is merit mentioning here that Andy Roddick has already announced that the US Open 2012 is final assignment of his international tennis career.
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| Andy Roddick of United States |
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