The quarter finals were completed under a closed roof.
(Rank/Seed)
9/5 Kerber avenged losses at this event in 2011 and 2012 to (4/2) Radwanska with a 64 64 win. Kerber, who only garnered a couple of games in the semis last year played with a fearless abandon throughout the match, hitting 16 winners to Radwanska's 2 in the first set and only getting broken once throughout the match. Radwanska, the 2011 champion in contrast looked jaded and passive as her 7 match win streak came to an end.
8/4 Wozniacki overcame a tough start against (35/-) Safarova 26 63 62. At a set and 2-2, it didn't look good for the Dane who was bossed around the court by the powerful Czech. However, she broke serve for the first time in the sixth game and from there on in would dictate the play herself with increasing aggression, aided by Safarova's fading serve and unforced errors. Wozniacki, the 2010 champion is now through to her 2nd Tokyo semi.
Elsewhere, (11/7) Kvitova won two matches in one day to beat Keys 62 62 and then (27/-) Kuznetsova 64 61. In the latter, she didn't drop serve and moved through to her 2nd Tokyo semi final, only her 4th semi of 2013!
(63/-) Venus Williams continued to impress with a courageous 63 67(4) 63 win over 19 year old (46/-) Bouchard. The match took 3 hours 2 minutes to complete as both players threw everything on the court. Venus though was seemingly always in control, whether she was hitting winners or unforced errors, even hitting a 209kph serve! This is Venus's first career Tokyo semi final due to this being only her 3rd appearance at this event, as well as only her 3rd semi of the year!
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