NEW YORK (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka dropped her first set of the tournament yesterday but recovered to book her place in the last 16 at the US Open after two former grand slam champions were sent packing.
A finalist last year and one of the favourites to win the title this season, a feisty Azarenka overcame a shaky start to beat Alize Cornet of France 6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 after Petra Kvitova and Svetlana Kuznetsova crashed out.
Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion and seventh seed at Flushing Meadows, fell 6-3 6-0 to
