Katowice: Radwanska and Cornet reach the quarters

Seed 1 and Seed no.4 Agnieszka Radwanska and Alize Cornet are 1 step away from clashing against each other in Katowice.

Radwanska

Agnieszka had an extremely exciting match against Francesca Schiavone. He Italian has shown some vintage tennis to unfortunately implode when she was leading 4-2 in the 1st set and lose 4 consecutive games (6-4 for the Pole). The second set was smoother for the world no.3 that broke Francesca in the 3rd (2-1) and last game (6-3). The match ended after 1 hour and 44 minutes. Match Stats.

Agnieszka will play against seedno.6 Yvonne Meusburger in the quarters. Head to head is 2-0 for the Pole

Cornet

Alize had a tough one against world no.146 Kristina Kucova. The Frenchwoman was leading 6-3 3-1 to lose the plot and fight for the win in the 3rd set. Finally Alize broke Kristina twice in the 7th (4-3) and 9th (6-3) games of the decider. Match Stats.

In the next match Alize will clash against Klara Koukalova (Zakopalova). Head to head is 1-1