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Clijsters in quarterfinals

BERLIN, MAY 5. Kim Clijsters had a rocky comeback from a wrist injury, struggling past Spanish qualifier Marta Marrero 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to reach the German Open quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Ranked No. 2 in the world, the Belgian trailed 3-2 in the final set and needed three match points before winning a two-hour match at the $1.3 million clay-court event.

Second seed Amelie Mauresmo wasted little time in her opening match easing past Argentine Gisela Dulko 6-1, 6-2 in just 50 minutes.

The results:

Second round: Amelie Mauresmo bt Gisela Dulko 6-1, 6-2; Kim Clijsters bt Marta Marrero 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Elena Dementieva bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Karolina Sprem bt Meghann Shaugnessy 6-2, 7-6(3); Denisa Chladkova bt Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Elena Bovina 6-2, 6-0; Maria Sharapova bt Petra Mandula 4-5, retd.; Paola Suarez bt Barbara Schett 6-4, 6-3; Jennifer Capriati bt Julia Schruff 6-3, 6-1; Nadia Petrova bt Anca Barna 6-4, 6-3.

First round: Meghann Shaughnessy bt Jelena Dokic 6-0, 6-3; Petra Mandula bt Julia Vakulenko 6-3, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva bt Tatiana Perebiynis 6-3, 6-4; Barbara Schett bt Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-3; Fabiola Zuluaga bt Sandrine Testud 7-5, 6-1; Patty Schnyder bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian 6-3, 6-1; Gisela Dulko bt Michaela Pastikova 6-4, 6-3; Maria Sharapova bt Dinara Safina 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; Nathalie Dechy bt Barbora Strycova 6-4, 7-6(4); Karolina Sprem bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4, 6-2; Eleni Daniilidou bt Tatiana Golovin 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Elena Likhovtseva bt Mary Pierce 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(3).

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