WTA Sydney - Kuznetsova and Date-Krumm one step away from main draw

Two time grand slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and 42 year old Japanese wonder woman Kimiko Date-Krumm have both advanced to the final round of qualifying at the Apia International in Synndey with wins on Saturday.

Kuznetsova, now down to the 70s in the rankings, beat American Alexa Glatch in straiight sets 6-1, 6-1 while Date-Krumm needed three sets to get past another American Vania King.

17 year old Madison Keys also moved into the final round of qualifying but contrywomen Melanie Oudin, Irina Falconi and Coco Vandeweghe were beaten.

Qualifying Singles – Second Round
Qualifying – S Arvidsson (SWE) d O Puchkova (RUS) 62 63
Qualifying – A Morita (JPN) d L Hradecka (CZE) 62 62
Qualifying – A Tatishvili (GEO) d C Feuerstein (FRA) 62 63
Qualifying – J Cepelova (SVK) d A Hlavackova (CZE) 36 61 64
Qualifying – M Erakovic (NZL) d G Arn (HUN) 75 46 64
Qualifying – K Date-Krumm (JPN) d V King (USA) 26 64 62
Qualifying – S Kuznetsova (RUS) d A Glatch (USA) 61 61
Qualifying – M Keys (USA) d J Larsson (SWE) 62 62
Qualifying – E Cabeza Candela (ESP) d M Oudin (USA) 62 62
Qualifying – K Pliskova (CZE) d [Alt] I Falconi (USA) 76(5) 63
Qualifying – G Voskoboeva (KAZ) d C Vandeweghe (USA) 63 64
Qualifying – M Doi (JPN) d [WC] S Sanders (AUS) 62 64