OTTAWA, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova saved five of six break points she faced in the third set to defeat Polish seventh seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at the WTA Montreal Cup on Thursday.
Her reward will be a quarterfinal match against China's Zheng Jie, who defeated Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.
Fifth-seeded Kim Clijsters also advanced with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kaia Kanepi of Estonia and will face Vera Zvonareva, the eighth seed from Russia who downed Agnes Szavay of Hungary 6-3, 6-3.
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| Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia wipes her face during her match against compatriot Maria Kirilenko at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris May 28, 2010. |
In other matches, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus downed Li Na of China for the first time 6-3, 6-3, and Marion Bartoli of France beat Czech qualifier Iveta Benesova 6-0, 6-1, who was coming off an upset win over top-seeded Jelena Jankovic.
Azarenka and Bartoli will face off in the quarterfinals.