The third round was full of star names but most of the top players progressed.
(Rank/Seed)
1/1 Williams handled the ever dangerous big hitting Barthel well with a 64 61 win.
2/2 Azarenka beat in form Rybarikova 63 64 in a match featuring 13 breaks of serve. Therefore, Azarenka moved into her 1st quarter final here.
4/4 Radwanska cruised past Vesnina 60 62, but was then forced to withdraw from the tournament as she has to attend her granddad's funeral on Saturday.
5/5 Li was much sharper than her previous match in a repeat of last year's final against (9/9) Kerber. Having initially led 64 40, she eventually subdued the scrappy German 64 64.
6/6 Errani was handily beaten by her best friend and doubles partner (12/12) Vinci 64 63, having led 4-2 in the 1st set. It's the 2nd time this summer she's lost to Vinci, whilst also being the 1st time this year she failed to reach the quarter finals of a Premier 5/Mandatory level event!
7/7 Kvitova was beaten by a resurgent (10/10) Wozniacki 36 62 63. The Dane trailed 1-3 in the 3rd set before coming back to beat Kvitova for the 1st time since Beijing 2010; the match that saw her become world number 1! It was also only her 2nd top 10 win of the year.
Elsewhere, in form (25/-) Halep upset (11/11) Stosur for the 1st time in 4, 64 46 62 and former champion (15/14) Jankovic edged home favourite (17/-) Stephens 36 75 75. Stosur subsequently split with her long time coach David Taylor.
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