WTA Carlsbad – Saturday Semi-finals Preview

Vera Zvonareva vs. Ana Ivanovic

You can follow live text commentary of tonight's second semi-final from the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad between Vera Zvonareva and Ana Ivanovic.

Zvonareva looks to keep her winning streak going. The Russian has now won her past eight matches after claiming the Baku title a couple of weeks ago. However she will have a tough one tonight against a determined Ivanovic who outplayed fourth seed Peng Shuai in the quarter-finals. Ivanovic and Zvonareva have had some real humdingers in the past and it's 4-4 on the head-to-head so really hard to pick a winner tonight !

Zvonareva was fortunate to get through to this stage, locked in a marathon tussle with Sabine Lisicki. She eventually overcame the big serving German 6-4 in the third.

"We have had a lot of tough matches in the past. I know if I play well, I can challenge her," Ivanovic said. "My goal will be to play free and enjoy it again like I did today. If I play well and she still wins, congratulations to her."