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Hantuchova blows Szavay away

brisbaneinternational.com.au Wednesday 6 January 2010 4 Comments »

Fourth-seeded Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova has swept into the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International with a comprehensive 6-3 6-1 victory over Hungary’s Agnes Szavay.

Hantuchova was in no mood to stick around as she wrapped the match up in one hour, 10 minutes.

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A first-round casualty here last year, Hantuchova will face Germany’s Andrea Petkovic who upset eight-seed Iveta Benesova in the first round and then followed that up with a three-set victory over American Vania King.

In the other completed match this morning, Czech Lucie Safarova upset sixth-seeded Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3 6-1 to book a quarterfinal meeting with top seed Kim Clijsters.

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Today James Blake and Marc Gicquel are the second match at Pat Rafter Arena, followed by men’s top seed Andy Roddick who will face big-serving Australian Carsten Ball.

In the night session, Justine Henin’s comeback continues agains Sesil Karatantcheva, while tall Czech Tomas Berdych takes on former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis.

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Tags: Agnes Szavay, Aleksandra Wozniak, Daniela Hantuchova, Lucie Safarova

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