The third round was completed under heavy skies today.
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Serena was almost perfect in beating (16/14) Cibulkova 60 61, hitting 40 winners to 16 unforced errors to reach her 10th quarter final here. It was her 21st straight match win, equally her career best streaks from 2002 and 2003. One more to go!
2/2 Sharapova handily dealt with (17/16) Stephens 62 61 to reach her 5th quarter final here.
3/3 Azarenka got lucky when Morita retired with a thigh injury down 61 20 to reach her third quarter final here.
5/5 Li hit 62 unforced errors in going down to Jankovic 76(2) 75. Li struggled in the heavy conditions and couldn't take advantage of Jelena's nerves as she struggled to serve out the first set at 5-3 having held five set points and at 5-4 in the second set. For Jankovic, the two time former champion, this is her seventh quarter final here.
6/7 Errani also benefited from a retirement as (12/12) Kirilenko quit down 63 20 with a knee injury. This is Errani's best ever appearance here which will see her crack the top 5!
8/8 Kvitova lost a close three set match to (10/9) Stosur 75 26 61. Stosur had lost all four of her previous meetings against the Czech and moves into her second quarter final here.
Elsewhere, Suarez Navarro beat her compatriot Dominguez Lino 62 63 and qualifier Halep thrashed (15/13) Vinci 64 62.
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