Szavay survives three set thriller; Wozniacki stunned

After some thrilling tnnis on Friday, three seeds, a qualifier and a wildcars are through to the quarterfinals in Austria. The Tier III tournament, which has been disturbed by rain for two days, kicked of without delay, and after a day of four three-setters, two remaining seeds were sent flying home.

It was a tiring 3 hour match for top seed Agnes Szavay, who battled it out against wildcard Melanie Klaffner to get into the last eight. Szavay, who fell in her home country's tournament last week, was down a match point, but came back to win 36 76(8) 76(3), and the Austrian wasn't strong enough to pull of a major upset in front of her home crowd.

"It was a very tough match," said a visibly relieved Szavay. "Melanie played unbelievable tennis and didn't want to give anything up. I'm glad I managed to fight back and win the match."

While top seed Szavay was able to defeat the Austrian, another seed, Caroline Wozniacki, couldn't do the same, as she fell to Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva in another three-setter, 64 46 76(5).

Koryttseva, who was last week's Budapest finalist, will next be facing Tereza Hladikova, who defeated Budapest semifinalist Karoline Sprem, 63 16 64. Ranked No.260, Hladikova will have to be ready to battle the determined Koryttseva.

No. 7 Iveta Benesova was also locked in a tense battle, as she fought her doubles partner Galina Voskoboeva 64 46 61. Now with a 4-0 head-to-head lead, Benesova has played Voskoboeva once every year since 2005. This will be Benesova's fourth quarterfinal on Tour this season, having finished runner-up at Estoril and as a quarterfinalist at Acapulco and Prague. On Saturday she will face No.1 seed Szavay.

No. 4 seed Pauline Parmentier got a ticket to the quarterfinals after her win over former No. 14 Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 64 46 61. Parmentier is the only seed left on the bottom half, the rest been on the top.

Another qualifier who's through to the quarters is Lucie Hradecka, who swiftly beat No.5 seed Timea Bacsinszky, 61 64. It was a disappointing defeat for Bacsinszky, who reached the semifinals at Strasburg in May. Hradecka will battle it out on Saturday against Austrian wildcard Patricia Mayr for a place in the semifinals, which are also scheduled to be played on Saturday due to the rain-induced backlog of matches.