By Clare Fallon
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Third seed Agnieszka Radwanska
failed to take her chances of wrapping up her quarter-final
against Russian Maria Kirilenko in two sets at Wimbledon on
Tuesday and ended up having to book a return visit for
Wednesday.
After two lengthy rain breaks and several minor showers, the
match was suspended at one set all and 4-4, 15-0 to Kirilenko in
the third because of continuing wet weather and deteriorating
light on Court One.
Pole Radwanska, knowing that she has a chance to become
world number one if she reaches the final here, twice went a
break up in the second set after taking the first 7-5.
Both times, she let 17th seed Kirilenko break straight back
and the Russian took the set 6-4 with another break before rain
interrupted play for some 35 minutes.
When the pair returned, Radwanska again went a break up,
then surrendered her next serve. Her inconsistency gave
Kirilenko confidence and the Russian began hitting aces at will,
winning the seventh game to love before play was halted for the
day early in the ninth.
(Reporting by Clare Fallon; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
