Published: Saturday September 1, 2012 MYT 12:12:00 PM
Updated: Saturday September 1, 2012 MYT 12:24:54 PM
Azarenka sweeps aside Zheng to reach fourth round
NEW YORK: Top seed Victoria Azarenka swept past China's Zheng Jie 6-1 6-0 in less than an hour on Friday night to advance to the fourth round of the U.S Open.
The Australian Open champion took just 59 minutes to set up a contest against the winner of the tie between Luxembourg's Mandy Minella and Georgia's Anna Tatishvili for a place in the quarter finals.
Belarussian Azarenka has lost only six games in her first three matches at Flushing Meadows.
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