Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Zvonareva through to 2nd round in Guangzhou Int'l

GUANGZHOU, China (AP) -Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia crushed her compatriot Anastasia Rodionova 6-1 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Guangzhou International.

Zvonareva will play China's Xu Yifan, who on Tuesday defeated Stephanie Dubois of Canada 6-3 6-1.

In other first-round action, France's Camille Pin defeated China's Chen Yanchong 6-2 6-3 and will next face Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva. Tamira Paszek of Austria beat South Korean Lee Ye-Ra 6-0, 6-4 and will play seventh-seeded Pauline Parmentier of France in the second round.


American Jill Craybas advanced to the quarter finals by upsetting sixth-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2 7-5. Karin Knapp of Italy also moved into the quarter finals, beating eighth-seeded Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine 6-4 6-4.




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