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Serene, Venus in Stanford quarter-finals

Updated on: 31 July,2009 08:18 AM IST  | 
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Top seed Serena Williams surged into the quarter-finals of the $700,000 WTA Bank of the West Classic yesterday with a 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) triumph over Hungary's Melinda Czink.

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Top seed Serena Williams surged into the quarter-finals of the $700,000 WTA Bank of the West Classic yesterday with a 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) triumph over Hungary's Melinda Czink.

Williams, an 11-time Grand Slam champion who owns this year's Australian Open and Wimbledon crowns, advanced to a meeting with Aussie Samantha Stosur. Serena's elder sister Venus, whose seven Grand Slam titles include five Wimbledon crowns, later defeated Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 7-5 to book her own quarter-final and set up a clash against Russian star Maria Sharapova.




Davydenko stays on course
Top seed Nikolay Davydenko stayed on course for a second consecutive ATP Tour title after easing into the quarter-finals of the Studena Croatia Open in Umag yesterday.

The Russian, the winner in Hamburg last week, defeated Spanish veteran Alberto Martin 6-2 6-3. In the last eight he will play Simone Bolelli, who won his all-Italian clash with Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4.

In the biggest upset of the day, second seed David Ferrer was bundled out of the tournament losing 6-4 2-6 4-6 to Chile's Nicolas Massu. Massu will play Andreas Seppi who beat Federico Gil 7-5 7-6.

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