DATE-KRUMM: (Forty four years Old) Kimiko Date-Krumm upset defending champion Daniela Hantuchova at the Aegon Classic to do something she hadnt done since 96 - what is it? Ana Ivanovic cruised. Published June 12, 2014 BIRMINGHAM, England - Shes achieved a lot since coming back to the WTA in 2008, but apparently shes nowhere near done. Kimiko Date-Krumm reached the biggest quarterfinal of her comeback at the Aegon Classic on Thursday, and in style too, taking out defending champion Daniela Hantuchova. Having come back from match point down to take out No.12 seed Monica Puig the day before, Date-Krumm looked like she was in for another battle against the No.7-seeded Hantuchova, breaking mid-way through the first set but facing a break point while serving for that opening frame at 5-4, ad-out. But Date-Krumm never lost another game. She won three points in a row to sneak out the set, and then raced through the second set at love in just 27 minutes, eventually walking off a 6-4, 6-0 winner. And what about the biggest quarterfinal of her comeback? Date-Krumm had been to the quarterfinals or better of WTA events 10 times in her comeback before this, but this is the first time she has been to the quarterfinals of a Premier-level event or higher since the WTA Finals all the way back in 1996 (there she fell to Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals then subsequently went into retirement). Hantuchova wasnt the only seed to get knocked out during third round play on Thursday, with No.2 seed Samantha Stosur falling to No.16 seed and fellow Australian Casey Dellacqua, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:06:48 +0000
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