The number 3 seed Patty Schnyder showed a good performance in her quarterfinal match at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston and beat Nathalie Dechy from France 6-0 6-3. With this win the Swiss reached the semifinals in Charleston for the third consecutive time.
Differently to her matches in the previous rounds Patty started very focused in the match. After three breaks she won the first set quickly in just 26 minutes 6-0. Also in the second set the Swiss dominated her French opponent. The Swiss lefthander served well and was also successful in attacks at the net. ” I’m not really the player to attack into the net a lot, but I still like to go into the court”, said Patty. The Swiss won 10 points in 15 net approaches. “She’s always trying to play tactics against me…but if it’s not working 100 percent, she looks shaky and she loses her rhythm”, commentated the Swiss. Dechy never had a real chance at this day against a well playing Schnyder, who won the match safely after 1 hour and 13 minutes.
In her second semifinal this season, Patty will now face Justine Henin-Hardenne, who is the topseeded player in Charleston. The head-to head to the Belgian, who is unbeaten since 28 matches on clay courts, is horrible for Patty. She met Henin-Hardenne six times so far and lost all matches. “I know that it’s the greatest clay-court player that I’m playing”, said Patty about her semifinal opponent, “It’s going to be a really tough one, and I don’t know what my tactic is going to be…but definitely I’ll try everything”.