Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak in action on her way to beating Britain's Heather Watson, during the Aegon Classic tennis tournament at Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham England Tuesday June 10, 2014.Martin Rickett/The Associated Press
Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., advanced to the third round of the Aegon Classic with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Britain's Johanna Konta on Wednesday.
Wozniak saved four of five break points and converted four of her five break opportunities in her second straight win over a British opponent at the tournament.
Woznaik next plays fourth seed Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. Flipkens defeated Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-3, 6-2.
Also Wednesday, former U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur, won her opener 6-1, 6-3 against Christina McHale of the United States, moving well on the lush grass and looking buoyant despite her Paris disappointment.
The Australian quelled an American fightback, which carried McHale to within a point of 4-all in the second set, by delivering three good first serves just at the most risky moments.
Stosur suggested she may have conquered her emotions as well, after wasting a set lead to Sharapova in the fourth round. "It's a bit of a weird feeling, because I was so close and then I lost nine games in a row. What happened?" she said of the Sharapova setback.
"After a couple of days thinking about it, I realized I did play a very good tournament, probably the best for a few months. But, yeah, you still think, 'Wow, that's an opportunity kind of gone by."'
Stosur's response is trying not to be too hard on herself, nor expecting to respond with the best tennis she has ever played, and focusing on day-by-day steps to the final.
She is seeded for a final on Sunday with Ana Ivanovic, the former world No. 1 from Serbia. First, though, she has to get past a meeting tomorrow with her Aussie compatriot Casey Dellacqua before a potentially difficult quarter-final.
That would be against either the titleholder, Daniela Hantuchova, or the amazing 43-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm.
The former Wimbledon semifinalist from Japan saved a match point in a dramatic 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) win over Monica Puig of Puerto Rico.
— With files from The Associated Press