The 3rd round began on Thursday and the contest of the day (in spirit at least) was that between two former number ones and multiple Grand Slam champions, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.
(Rank/Seed)
2/2 Sharapova was in some of the best form of her career, overpowering a shell shocked Williams on the way to a 61 63 win. Though she dropped a game for the 1st time this tournament, for a while it looked as if that would be the only one as she returned Venus's second serve brilliantly and also defended very well en route to 61 30 lead. Venus couldn't find her 1st serve and even though the crowd helped her make a mini comeback towards the end; breaking for the 1st time when Maria served for it at 5-1, today belonged to the Russian who's making one big statement.
4/4 Radwanska calmly ended Watson's run 63 61.
5/5 Kerber handled wild card Keys power in the end, 62 75 on her 25th birthday.
6/6 Li powered past hit and miss Cirstea 64 61.
Elsewhere, (13/13) Ivanovic outdid her compatriot Jankovic 75 62 and (18/18) Goerges came through an epic against Zheng 63 16 75; from 3-5 down too. The biggest upset of the day saw (11/11) Bartoli lose early here once again, 67(4) 63 64 to (19/19) Makarova, a woman who she had never lost more than 2 games to in two previous meetings. Belgium's unseeded Flipkens also made her 1st career Grand Slam fourth round, beating qualifier Savinykh 62 46 63.
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