CARSON, Calif.(AP) Samantha Stosur defeated Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-2, in the third round of the LA Women's Tennis Championships on Thursday.
Stosur, seeded 13th, needed 62 minutes to overcome the 2007 tournament champion and No. 6 seed.
Stosur broke Ivanovic's serve in the eighth game of the opening set and three times in the second set and controlled the match.
Ivanovic defeated Stosur 7-5, 6-2, in the round of 32 at Wimbledon. But Thursday she struggled with her ball toss on serve throughout the match and said Stosur was ``putting a lot of pressure on my serve. I think that was the big difference today because once we got into rallies it was pretty close.''