Razzano, Wozniacki, Bartoli advance
EASTBOURNE, England -- Virginie Razzano upset defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 7-6 (5), 7-5 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Eastbourne Championships.
"It was a very close match, a tough match," Razzano said. "She's a great player and you need to play your best to beat her. I won because I was aggressive against her and was mentally strong."
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Marion Bartoli defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-1, 6-4 to set up a meeting with Razzano in the warm-up to Wimbledon.
Sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki swept past Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2, the only remaining seed in the women's draw. Wozniacki will face Aleksandra Wozniak, who took only 45 minutes to oust former-finalist Vera Dushevina 6-1, 6-0.
In the men's draw, fourth-seeded Fabrice Santoro advanced when Ivan Ljubicic retired with a left ankle injury.
The Frenchman lost the first set 6-3 and led 4-2 in the second when Ljubicic lost his footing and slid into the net. He cried out in pain when he was attended to by Santoro, who called for ice.
Ljubicic went to a hospital for tests. His status is uncertain for Wimbledon, which starts Monday.
Santoro will play qualifier Frank Dancevic, who outlasted Leonardo Mayer 6-7, 6-4, 7-5.
The second semifinal will be between second-seeded Dmitry Tursunov and eighth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Tursunov stopped Denis Istomin 7-6, 6-4, and Garcia-Lopez defeated Janko Tipsarevic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
