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Indian Wells: Radwanska defeats Cornet to reach quarter-final

Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland booked her quarter-final berth at Indian Wells on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Alize Cornet.

New York: Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland booked her quarter-final berth at Indian Wells on Tuesday with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Alize Cornet.
France`s Cornet, who stunned world number one Serena Williams in the semi-finals at Dubai last month, rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the opening set, breaking Radwanska twice as she won four straight games to take a 5-4 lead. But serving for the set, she wasted two set points, the second with a double-fault, and that was the only opening Radwanska needed to take the frame. In the second set, it was Radwanska who gave up the first break. But she couldn`t maintain her advantage, and Radwanska broke her twice to line up a quarter-final meeting with former Indian Wells champion Jelena Jankovic. The seventh-seeded Serb defeated Denmark`s Caroline Wozaniacki 6-3, 6-1.