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Pennetta in quarterfinals

Pennetta in quarterfinals

BALI: Sixth-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy clinched a berth in the quarterfinals of the Wismilak International on Thursday, as other seeded players Alicia Molik and Anna-Lena Groenefeld were knocked out in the second round.

Meanwhile in Beijing, persistent rain on Thursday washed out all matches on the fourth day of the China Open tennis tournament.

The results: At Bali (WTA Wismilak International): Second round: Maria Elena Camerin bt Ekaterina Bychkova 6-4, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta bt Jie Zheng 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Alona Bondarenko bt Alicia Molik 6-4, 6-2; Aiko Nakamura bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Patty Schnyder bt Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-2, 6-3.

At Bucharest (BCR Open Romania): Second round: Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Albert Portas 6-2, 6-0; Florent Serra bt Filippo Volandri 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Mariano Puerta bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-4; Igor Andreev bt Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-2. First round: Olivier Marach bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg 6-4, 6-4. — Agencies

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