BANGALORE, Feb 17: Teenager Vania King of the United States defeated France’s Camille Pin to enter the semifinals of the 175,000-dollar WTA Bangalore Open here on Friday.

King, the youngest player in the singles draw, beat Pin 6-2, 7-6 and then said it was one of the toughest matches she had played.

Quarterfinals results: Vania King (US) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 6-2, 7-6; Jelena Kostanic (CRO) bt Maria Camerin (ITA) - (retired); Melinda Czink (HUN) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-2, 6-7, 7-6; Mara Santangelo (ITA) bt Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 6-4, 6-3

NADAL IN LAST EIGHT

MARSEILLE (France): Spain’s Rafael Nadal overcame a slow start to defeat Frenchman Gilles Simon 7-5 6-4 and reach the quarterfinals of the Marseille Open .

Second round results: Sebastien Grosjean bt Mikhail Youzhny 6-3 6-1; Rafael Nadal bt Gilles Simon 7-5 6-4; Mario Ancic bt Jean-Christophe Faurel 6-3 6-3; Arnaud Clement bt Fernando Verdasco 7-6(5) 6-3; Evgeny Korolev bt Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 7-6(6); Ivan Ljubicic bt Igor Andreev 7-6(5) 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Radek Stepanek 7-6(0) 6-3

MAURESMO ADVANCES

ANTWERP (Belgium): Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo won her 13th straight match to advance to the semifinals of the Diamond Games, beating Patty Schnyder 6-2, 6-4 on Friday.

Quarterfinals results: Nadia Petrova (RUS) bt Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-3, 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI) 6-2, 6-4

RODDICK, HEWITT IN LAST 8

SAN JOSE (California), Feb 17: Top-seeded American Andy Roddick kept his bid for a SAP Open three-peat alive on Thursday, but he had to work to get past Kenneth Carlsen and into the quarterfinals.

Roddick defeated the Dane 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, and despite dropping the second set.

Second round results: Bjorn Phau bt Brian Wilson 7-5, 7-5; Kristof Vliegen bt Justin Gimelstob7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-1; Robin Soderling bt Mark Philippoussis 6-2, 6-3; Wayne Arthurs bt Dmitry Tursunov 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt bt Sam Warburg 6-4, 6-3; Andy Roddick bt Kenneth Carlsen 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Andy Murray bt Yeu-Tzuoo Wang 6-4, 6-2.—Agencies