Indian Wells: Second seed Caroline Wozniacki recovered from a second-set hiccup to move into the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells WTA tournament with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 victory over Russian Nadia Petrova.
The 19-year-old Dane, the youngest player left in the draw, broke her opponent three times in the final set to wrap up victory in one hour 47 minutes.
"It was a match where it just went up and down quite a bit," Wozniacki told reporters after setting up a quarter-final with China's Zheng Jie.
"You didn't really know what to expect. It was not really a great rhythm there and I didn't feel the ball as well.”
"But I'm just happy that I fought through and I won the match. That's the most important thing. I just think that I will be more ready for the next match."
Zheng, a surprise semi-finalist at the Australian Open in January before losing to former world number one Justine Henin, reached the last eight by beating Australia's Alicia Molik 6-3, 4-6 7,-6.
Fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, the fifth seed, each advanced in relatively comfortable fashion at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10:48