Key Biscayne, FL (Sports Network) - Li Na of China cruised into the fourth
round of the Sony Open on Saturday with a straight-set win over American
Varvara Lepchenko.
The fifth-seeded Li needed 78 minutes in a 6-2, 6-4 victory. She broke serve
four times and had her serve broken just once.
Li, who won the season-opener in Shenzhen before finishing as the runner-up to
Victoria Azarenka at the Australian Open, will next face the winner between
ninth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki and Spain's Garbine Muguruza.
In addition to the Wozniacki/Muguruza match, seven other third-round battles
are on Saturday's schedule.
Top-seeded Serena Williams will meet Japan's Ayumi Morita in the opener of the
night session, while Venus Williams will square off against fellow American
Sloane Stephens.
Also, fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska will take on Slovakia's Magdalena
Rybarikova, seventh-seeded Petra Kvitova will play Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium
and Slovakian 13th seed Dominika Cibulkova will tangle with Switzerland's
Romina Oprandi.
German Andrea Petkovic is in action against Croatian wild card Ajla
Tomljanovic.
The Sports Network