Bartoli shocks Azarenka,Venus falls in Miami

Bartoli ended defending champion Azarenka8217;s season-long win streak at 26 matches by posting her third win over a world number one and first in three years.

8220;I really went on court with a lot of belief in myself,and I stayed very focused at the end,8221; said Bartoli. 8220;I8217;m so happy.8221;

Bartoli previously beat No. 1s Justin Henin of Belgium in 2007 at Wimbledon and Jelena Jankovic two years later at the Australian Open.

Bartoli finished with two aces,five double faults and won 68 percent of her first-serve points against Azarenka in the 97-minute match.

Azarenka had five double faults and won just 49 percent of her first serve points as she tried but failed to play catchup for the second straight match.

In her fourth round match,Azarenka dropped the first set and then fell behind 5-2 in the second set against Dominika Cibulkova before fighting back to win in three sets.

But there would be magical comeback this time as Bartoli used her counterpunching style to blunt Azarenka8217;s athletic baseline game.

8220;I have to be proud of what I have done in the last couple of months,8221; Azarenka said. 8220;I am a human not a superwoman. I wish I could be,but I am not.8221;

Bartoli will next face Agnieszka Radwanska who brought Venus Williams8217; comeback to a halt on Wednesday,downing the American 6-4,6-1.

The hosts created the next chance as Clarence Seedorf played in Ibrahimovic,who took a touch and tried to slip the ball past Victor Valdes but the goalkeeper got down well to save.

Barcelona were sturggling to get in behind Milan8217;s disciplined backline but after one slick passing move Xavi played a one-two with Lionel Messi only for Christian Abbiati to save low to his right.

Another nice move seemed to come unstuck when Alexis Sanchez played a silly flick but Luca Antonini was sleeping and Xavi punced to shoot,but Milan blocked it.

Sanchez burst beyond the Milan defence but Antonini doggedly stuck to the task,chased him down and blocked the Chilean8217;s shot.

Chances were few and far between but Messi was handed a free-kick opportunity from 25 yards after Alessandro Nesta unceremoniously hacked him down,but the Argentine magician curled his effort over.

Seedorf gave the ball away in midfield allowing Barca to attack but when the ball came to substitute Tello,the youngster shifted his feet to beat Daniele Bonera but snatched his shot into the side-netting.

Messi was given half a sniff at goal but Ambrosini steamed in to deflect the ball behind.

From the resulting corner Barca captain Carles Puyol darted onto Xavi8217;s ball but his glancing header bounced just beyond the far upright.

The best chance of the match came in the final minutes as Djamel Mesbah slipped allowing Messi a clear sight of goal but Abbiati made a full length stop before Antonini blocked Tello8217;s follow-up.