La juez de silla en la sesión nocturna era Marija Cicak, la croata que no tuvo problemas en su arbitraje.
Os dejo el resumen oficial del partido, interesante y atractivo...
The rematch of the 2012 US Open women's singles final is still on. Victoria Azarenka kept her part of the bargain alive, advancing to the semifinals with an almost entirely emphatic 6-2, 6-3 win over Daniela Hantuchova. Dressed in her black shoes and pink and gray dress, Azarenka had her no-nonsense face on, determined to avoid a repeat of the way she was pushed by Ana Ivanovic in the round of 16.
Despite the pair entering this match with a 2-2 head-to-head record, there were few who envisioned anything but a repeat of their most recent encounter, a win for the world No. 2 at Wimbledon in 2012. Hantuchova perhaps had that last performance on her mind in the opening game, as she immediately fell three break points behind, handing over her serve within the first five minutes. But the Slovakian has shown some punch in her first US Open quarterfinal in 11 years, breaking Azarenka back immediately.
The breaks of serve ping-ponged to 3-2, when Azarenka finally consolidated to take hold of the set. There was the odd glare at her racquet, glance to the heavens, and stare toward her box, but despite a double fault or two, from then on Azarenka was peerless, winning her serve, breaking at love, and then serving out at love, flicking a forehand out of Hantuchova's reach in response to not the best of drop shots. The 30-year-old Hantuchova, one of five members of the last eight at 30 or over, began the second set in much better spirits, breaking her opponent immediatedly, clearly intent on giving the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd something to stick around for. But Azarenka broke straight back as the Slovak made a mess of her service game, plummeting a forehand into the tramlines to hand back the advantage.
On her next service game, she proceeded to lose four points in a row, two of them double faults, in a row, to give Azarenka an unreachable advantage. Despite facing a break point as she aimed to consolidate, last year's finalist whipped a cross-court forehand to earn yet another break, serving for the match up 6-2, 5-2. The script went slightly off-kilter as Hantuchova broke from nowhere. But the flicker of light disappeared almost as soon as she had lit it, conceding two match points on her serve, and Azarenka advancing 6-2, 6-3 in 76 minutes.
One more victory and she could again meet Serena Williams for the women's singles title.
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