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Wozniacki, Suarez Navarro to meet in Pan Pacs quarters

SECOND-SEEDED Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark rallied from a set down to beat qualifier Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 yesterday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open.

The US Open finalist broke Gajdosova three times in the third set in Tokyo and won with a crosscourt backhand. She will take on eighth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain in today’s quarterfinals.

Suarez Navarro defeated Daria Gavrilova of Russia 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Also, Garbine Muguruza of Spain caused an upset by seeing off fourth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 7-6 (4), 6-4, and Casey Dellacqua of Australia beat Marina Erakovic of New Zealand 6-2, 6-4.

In Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, Chinese wildcard entry Wang Yafan advanced to the semifinals of the Guangzhou Open by beating compatriot Zhang Kailin 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 yesterday.

Wang had eliminated Australian top seed Samantha Stosur in the first round and will face Romania’s Monica Niculescu in the semifinals.

Niculescu has yet to drop a set in the tournament, and beat Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-2, 6-2 in their quarterfinal.

Second-seeded Alize Cornet of France also moved into the semifinals by defeating Chinese Taipei wildcard entry Hsieh Su-wei 7-6 (5), 6-1. She will next face Swiss Timea Bacsinszky, who beat Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor of Spain 6-2, 6-3.

In Seoul, Maria Kirilenko took another step in her comeback from injury by beating Czech third seed Klara Koukalova 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-0 yesterday to reach the Korea Open last eight.

Kirilenko fell out of the top 100 this year after a knee injury kept her out the first three months of the season. She will next face sixth-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, who rallied to beat Kristyna Pliskova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Other winners included fourth-seeded Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia and Nicole Gibbs of the United States.


 

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