Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Medina Garrigues reaches Fez quarters

FEZ, Morocco (AP) -Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Sesil Karatantcheva 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 Wednesday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

Second-seeded Argentine Gisela Dulko advanced to the second round, defeating Maria Elena Camerin, 6-1, 6-1. Fourth-seeded Aravane Rezai stopped American Vania King, 6-2, 6-4.

In other second-round play, Greta Arn topped third-seed Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 7-5; eighth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova fell to Olga Savchuk 7-6 (4), 6-4 and fifth-seeded Timea Bacsinszky lost to Petra Cetkovska 6-1, 7-5.


The 34th-ranked Medina Garrigues is seeking her first title since last May when she won the Ligue d'Alsace de Tennis on clay in Strasbourg, France.




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