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| May 23, 2008 | Friday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 17, 1429 |
Bartoli pulls out injured
STRASBOURG (France), May 22: Peng Shuai of China reach the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg International on Wednesday after top-seeded Marion Bartoli of France retired while trailing 6-1, 1-0 with a right wrist injury.
Bartoli won only 22 percent of the points on her second serve. Peng broke her three times, including the opening game of the second set.
Second-seeded Alona Bondarenko also won, beating Edina Gallovits of Romania 6-4, 6-4. Bondarenko, who broke her opponent’s serve five times, next plays Timea Bacsinszky, who beat Yan Zi of China 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Fourth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia also advanced to the last eight.
Pennetta defeated Stephanie Cohen-Aloro of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, while Srebotnik advanced by beating Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine 7-6 (7-4), 6-0.
Also, defending champion Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain beat Ana Vrljic 6-1, 6-1, Ai Sugiyama of Japan saved all five break points before beating Petra Kvitova 6-4, 6-3, and 18-year-old Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan rallied to beat Casey Dellacqua of Australia 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Wednesday’s results (prefix number denotes seeding): Second round: Peng Shuai (China) bt 1-Marion Bartoli (France) 6-1, 1-0 – Bartoli retired; 6-Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) bt Ana Vrljic (Croatia) 6-1, 6-1; 4-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (France) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; 7-Ai Sugiyama (Japan) bt Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-4, 6-3; Chan Yung-jan (Taiwan) bt Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Timea Bacsinszky (Switzerland) bt 8-Yan Zi (China) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.—Agencies
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