Serena and Agnieszka go ahead in Beijing to possibly play against each other’s in the final 4.
Serena
The world no.1 had to overcome a very good Maria Kirilenko in 1 hour and 37 minutes. This was a very tough match for Serena that had to recover twice from a break down in each set. In the opener Serena was surprisingly broken at 0 in the 9th break to find herself 4-5 down but to then win the next 4 games and lead 7-5 1-0.
In the second set Serena was also 1 set down to be broken in the 5 game to then find her way and break twice Maria. Eventually Serena scored 76 points vs. Kirilenko’s 66. Match Stats
Next vs. Stephens or Wozniacki
Serena will play the quarter finals against either Sloane Stephens (H2H 2-1 for Serena) or former world no.1 Caroline Wozniacki (head to head 5-1 for Serena )
