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Vinci into fourth US Open quarter-final

Published: 05 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 01:01 pm
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Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine hits a return against Roberta Vinci of Italy during their 2016 US Open Women's Singles match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on September 4, 2016. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD

New York: Italian seventh seed and 2015 runner-up Roberta Vinci reached the US Open quarter-finals for the fourth time on Sunday with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 win over Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine.

Vinci, 33, will face either second seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany or Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic for a place in the semi-finals.

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