NEW YORK (AP) — No. 7 Vera Zvonareva has moved a win away from her second Grand Slam final of 2010, defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-5 at the U.S. Open.
Zvonareva won the quarterfinal match by getting balls back and watching her 31st-seeded opponent self-destruct. Kanepi, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon this year, made 60 unforced errors in windy Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.
Zvonareva advanced to the Wimbledon final this year, where she lost to Serena Williams
The match featured a total of 88 unforced errors and only 28 winners, 10 by Zvonareva. The tone for the match was set early, when the players traded service breaks to make it 1-1 and combined for 12 unforced errors and one winner through the first two games.