Wozniak To Quarters In Quebec

Written by: Staff on 18th September 2009

Wozniak To Quarters In Quebec

Aleksandra Wozniak thrills the home town crowd in Quebec. (Ratazana at en.wikipedia under Creative Commons License 3.0) |

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec – No. 3 seed and Canadian native Aleksandra Wozniak reached the quarter final rounds of the Bell Challenge with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Russian Regina Kulikova in the second round.

Wozniak is the second highest seed after Sabine Lisicki had to withdraw from the tournament after getting injured at the US Open.

Also advancing No.4 seed Lucie Safarova beat another French-Canadian, Valérie Tétreault, 6-2, 6-2 and Bethany Mattek-Sands, who reached the finals in Quebec last year beat fellow American Vania King, 6-3, 6-3.

The quarters will all take place on Friday, with top seed Nadia Petrova facing Melinda Czink, Wozniak taking on Alla Kudryavtseva, Safarova taking on Mattek-Sands and Julia Goerges playing Lilia Osterloh.

Topics: Aleksandra Wozniak, Alla Kudryavtseva, Bethany, Fellow American, Final Rounds, Julia Goerges, Lilia Osterloh, Melinda Czink, Quarters, Quebec City Quebec, Regina Kulikova, Sabine Lisicki, Vania King