US Open Quarter Finals

Russian Vera Zvonareva reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Open for the first time when she beat Estonia's Kaia Kanepi 6-3 7-5 at a windy Flushing Meadows on Wednesday.

The seventh seed, who reached the final at Wimbledon in July and is the last Russian woman left standing in New York, was too consistent for 31st seed Kanepi and wrapped up victory in one hour, 53 minutes.

Image: Vera Zvonareva  of Russia returns the ball to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia during their quaterfinals match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.

Images: AP

Text: Reuters