{"id":10989,"date":"2012-06-01T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-3-tennis-ivanovic-and-radwanska-out-federer-through\/"},"modified":"2012-06-01T22:30:51","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T20:30:51","slug":"update-3-tennis-ivanovic-and-radwanska-out-federer-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-3-tennis-ivanovic-and-radwanska-out-federer-through\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 3-Tennis-Ivanovic and Radwanska out, Federer through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Updates with Djokovic and Azarenka)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Pritha Sarkar<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">PARIS, June 1<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; A flat-footed Ana Ivanovic and an<br \/>\nout-of-sorts Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska bade an early<br \/>\nfarewell to a cool and blustery Roland Garros on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Roger Federer and Nicolas Mahut, however, were soon turning<br \/>\nup the heat as they thrilled the purists with a delightful<br \/>\nexhibition of shot-making before the Swiss tactician brokered a<br \/>\n6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 win to book his place in the last 16.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Novak Djokovic also got the crowd going, but in his case it<br \/>\nwas by joining them for a Mexican wave mid-match, before he<br \/>\nexposed the gulf of talent with 286th-ranked French qualifier<br \/>\nNicolas Devilder during a 6-1 6-2 6-2 thrashing.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For a woman who showed no weaknesses while dispatching Venus<br \/>\nWilliams in the previous round, Radwanska unusually suffers<br \/>\nstage fright when she comes face-to-face with 2009 champion<br \/>\nSvetlana Kuznetsova.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So it proved again on Friday as the world number three froze<br \/>\non the biggest stage in claycourt tennis, winning a measly three<br \/>\ngames during a 6-1 6-2 humbling by the Russian 26th seed on<br \/>\nPhilippe Chatrier Court.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kuznetsova skipped off court &#8211; perhaps to experiment with<br \/>\nanother eye-catching hairdo after showing off cropped, tight<br \/>\nbraids &#8211; after notching up a sixth successive win over Radwanska<br \/>\nand securing a last-16 date with Sara Errani.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The defeat dashed Radwanska&#8217;s hopes of finishing the<br \/>\ntournament as world number one as she had been in a three-way<br \/>\nrace for the top spot with Victoria Azarenka and Maria<br \/>\nSharapova. Azarenka stayed on track by downing Canadian<br \/>\nAleksandra Wozniak 6-4 6-4.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Updates with Djokovic and Azarenka) By Pritha Sarkar PARIS, June 1 (Reuters) &#8211; A flat-footed Ana Ivanovic and an out-of-sorts Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska bade an early farewell to a cool and blustery Roland Garros on Friday. 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