Ana Ivanovic survived two match points before sealing her place in the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International.

The top-seeded Ivanovic lost her opening set tie-breaker and was twice down match point in the second set but overcame Italian qualifier Roberta Vinci 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1.

The results:

At Brisbane (Brisbane International):

Men: Second round: Radek Stepanek bt Michael Llodra 7-6(2), 6-3; Florent Serra bt Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Ernests Gulbis 6-3, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco bt Mario Ancic 6-2, 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Jarkko Nieminen 0-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(5).

Women:

Second round: Ana Ivanovic bt Roberta Vinci 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-1; Olga Govortsova bt Sesil Karatantcheva 6-0, 5-7, 7-5; Sara Errani bt Tsvetana Pironkova 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo bt Julie Coin 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(11).

At Auckland: WTA Auckland Classic: Second round: Elena Vesnina bt Nicole Vaidisova 6-4, 6-3; Shahar Peer bt Barbara Zahlavova Strycova 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki bt Jill Craybas 6-4, 7-5; Anne Keothavong bt Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 6-4; Elena Dementieva bt Marina Erakovic 6-2, 6-3; Aravane Rezai bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-3; Edina Gallovits bt Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3; Ayumi Morita bt Aleksandra Wozniak 7-5, 6-2.

At Doha: ATP Qatar Open: Second round: Roger Federer bt Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3; Gael Monfils bt Nicolas Devilder 7-5, 7-6(5); Victor Hanescu bt Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-4; Andy Murray bt Philipp Petzschner 6-2, 6-4; Rafael Nadal bt Karol Beck 6-1, 6-2; Sergiy Stakhovsky bt Alexander Peya 7-5, 6-3; — Agencies

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