Anna Chakvetadze loses at Fortis Championships.
Tennis newsAnna Chakvetadze loses at Fortis Championships.
Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic beat second-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Fortis Championships.
Benesova, ranked 42nd in the world, will next play Li Na of China, who beat Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine 7-6 (6), 6-3.
Third-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and fourth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark also advanced to the quarterfinals. Hantuchova beat Germany’s Sabine Lisicki 6-0, 6-2 and will next face Sorana Cirstea of Romania, who beat Sara Errani of Italy 6-4, 6-2.
Wozniacki defeated Peng Shuai of China 6-4, 6-4.
Former top-ranked player Amelie Mauresmo needed three sets to beat Stephanie Gehrlein of Germany 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 and reach the second round. She will play Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany, who beat Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 7-5, 6-4.
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Radwanska, Cornet reach quarterfinals in Linz.
Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and eighth-seeded Alize Cornet reached the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies Wednesday.
Radwanska beat Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-4, and Cornet rallied to defeat Maria Kirilenko of Russia 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.
The 10th-ranked Radwanska has won three WTA Tour titles this season and is competing to qualify for the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships.
The Pole broke Kanepi in the opening game of both sets and stayed in control throughout.
Radwanska, who had a bye in the first round, will next play either fifth-seeded former champion Nadia Petrova or Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.
Cornet struggled with her serve in the opening set and was broken twice by Kirilenko, before holding serve throughout the last two sets.
Flavia Pennetta continued her recent run of good results by beating Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in a first-round match.
The seventh-seeded Italian, who reached the final of the Zurich Open last week, dropped only three points on serve in the opening set and broke Szavay on six occasions.
Sybille Bammer of Austria also advanced after beating Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-5, 6-3 to set up a second-round match against top-seeded Ana Ivanovic.
Bammer was 5-4 down in the first set before winning five straight games. She added another break to close out the match.
Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic defeated Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-3 to reach the second round.
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