Women's road to US Open semi-finals
NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The road to Thursday's women's semi-finals at the U.S. Open tennis championships at Flushing Meadows (prefix denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams (U.S) vs Roberta Vinci (Italy)
Williams QF beat 23-Venus Williams (U.S.) 6-2 1-6 6-3 R16 beat 19-Madison Keys (U.S.) 6-3 6-3 R3 beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 3-6 7-5 6-0 R2 beat Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) 7-6(5) 6-3 R1 beat Vitalia Diatchenko (Russia) 6-0 2-0 ret.
Vinci QF beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-3 5-7 6-4 R16 beat 25-Genie Bouchard (Canada) walkover R3 beat Mariana Duque-Marino (Colombia) 6-1 5-7 6-2 R2 beat Denisa Allertova (Czech Republic) 2-6 6-3 6-1 R1 beat Vania King (U.S.) 6-4 6-4
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26-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) vs 2-Simona Halep (Romania)
Pennetta QF beat 5-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 4-6 6-4 6-2 R16 beat 22-Sam Stosur (Australia) 6-4 6-4 R3 beat Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic) 1-6 6-1 6-4 R2 beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-1 6-4 R1 beat Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) 6-1 3-6 6-1
Halep QF beat 20-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3 4-6 6-4 R16 beat 24-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 6-7(6) 7-5 6-2 R3 beat Shelby Rogers (U.S.) 6-2 6-3 R2 beat Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) 6-3 6-4 R1 beat Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) 6-2 3-0 ret.
(Compiled by Larry Fine; Editing by Julian Linden)
