Friday, April 17, 2009

Maria Kirilenko wins again at Barcelona Open

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -Defending champion Maria Kirilenko reached the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open on Wednesday by beating Severine Bremond of France 7-5, 6-2.

The sixth-seeded Russian broke Bremond four times on the outdoor clay and will next face Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain, who beat Masa Zec Peskiric of Slovenia 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

Roberta Vinci exploited second-seeded Flavia Pennetta's erratic service game to win 6-1, 6-2 in an all-Italian matchup. Pennetta had nine double-faults.


Vinci will next play Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus, who rallied to beat Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.




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