Sun Feb 12 2012
By Eddie Pells | Associated Press
NEW YORK — Vera Zvonareva let her opponent self destruct in the wind Wednesday, taking advantage of 60 unforced errors to win her U.S. Open quarterfinal, 6-3, 7-5 over Kaia Kanepi.
No. 7 Zvonareva, who made the Wimbledon final earlier this year, will play the winner of the day’s later quarterfinal between No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and unseeded Dominika Cibulkova.
The 31st-seeded Kanepi struggled on a gusty afternoon in Arthur Ashe Stadium. She hit only 18 winners to go with her 60 unforced errors.
“The weather was definitely not for the good tennis out there,” Zvonareva said. “But no matter what match had to be played, we were both trying our best.”
The tone for the match was set early, when the players traded service breaks right away to make it 1-1, and they combined for 12 unforced errors and one winner through the first two games.
Asked how much she could blame on the wind and how much on her own play, Kanepi said, “Well, 50-50, I think.”
“I think I can’t blame the wind for everything,” she said. “I didn’t play well. Vera obviously played very well.”
Zvonareva, known as one of the more temperamental players on the tour, had a mini-meltdown here last year in a fourth-round loss to Flavia Pennetta, then afterward, insisted she didn’t lose her temper.
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