Wozniacki, Federer Book Their Places for US Open Semi-final

Top-seeded women’s player, Caroline Wozniacki kept her appointment in the semi-finals of the US Open as she sent Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia packing, 6-2, 7-5. Wozniacki will now play Vera Zvonareva in the semi-final of the tournament, who beat No. 32 seed Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, 6-3, 7-5.

As has been the case in the previous days of the tournament as well, the gusty winds played a huge part in the match. Wozniacki struggled to control her strokes, while the play had to be stopped on many occasions because of the flying of player towels into the playing area.

Wozniacki broke her opponent’s serve early in both the sets. She was broken back in the second set, but came back to break Cibulkova at 5-5 in the second set before serving out the match and make it to the semi-final.

In the other quarter-final match, Zvonareva was assisted by the 60 unforced errors that her opponent, Kanepi made in the game. There were 10 breaks of serve in the match, thanks to the blustery weather, and getting into a rhythm became a problem for both the ladies.

Zvonareva was the runner-up at the Wimbledon this year and will look to get into her second Grand Slam final of the year.

In the men’s section of the draw, Roger Federer will face Novak Djokovic in the semi-final after both the players advanced with straight set wins. Federer avenged his loss at the French Open to Robin Soderling with an easy 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win over his Swedish opponent, whereas Djokovic overcame a slow start to win against Gael Monfils, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2.

In the other two quarter-finals, top-seeded Rafael Nadal will face Fernando Verdasco, while Stanislas Wawrinka takes on Mikhail Youzhny.