Mauresmo Demolishes Schnyder

Amelie Mauresmo breezed into the semi-finals with a convincing 6-3, 6-0 victory over Patty Schnyder.

Mauresmo was operating at her sublime best throughout the contest and appeared a cut above her opponent as she wrapped things up inside an hour.

For Schnyder it was a far from clinical performance as the usually composed Swiss hit a spate of unforced errors to gift the result to Mauresmo.

The world No3 will now square off against either second seed Kim Clijsters or comeback queen Martina Hingis in the semi-finals.
Mauresmo began the first set in the best possible fashion with an easy break of Schnyder’s serve. And she soon consolidated on the important break, racing to a 3-1 lead.

Schnyder then capitalized on a rare series of errors by the Frenchwoman to break back to even the contest, but her jubilation was short-lived as Mauresmo piled on two further service breaks to claim the opening set.

The second set soon shaped into another trouncing - Mauresmo stormed to an early 3-0 lead after another break of her opponent’s faltering service game.

Mauresmo put her foot on the accelerator, conceding just four points on her serve for the second set, which lasted just 24 minutes.