Clijsters beats Stosur to reach US Open semifinals
Published:Wednesday | September 8, 2010 | 4:06 PM
Defending champion Kim Clijsters has increased her US Open winning streak to 19 matches by beating Sam Stosur 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
The Number 2-seeded Clijsters will face Number 3 Venus Williams in the semifinals, a matchup between two women who both have won two titles at Flushing Meadows.
They have played 12 times previously, each winning six, but Clijsters has taken the last four in a row, including in the fourth round last year in New York.
Today, the other women's semifinal will be set when Number 31 Kaia Kanepi plays Number 7 Vera Zvonareva in one quarter and Number 1 Carolina Wozniacki faces unseeded Dominika Cibulkova in the other.
In men's quarterfinal action, Number 17 Gael Monfils plays Number 3 Novak Djokovic and Number 5 Robin Soderling plays five-time champion, Number 2 Roger Federer.