Two Chinese favorites and three seeds progressed to the quarterfinals in Guangzhou, but two seeds fell to their 17-year-old opponents in the second round.
No. 1 seed Vera Zvonareva advanced first, against lucky loser Xu Yi-Fan, 61 76(4). In the quarters she will face Karin Knapp, who won her second round match of Wednesday.
Jie Zheng, the highest ranked Chinese player left in the draw, won her match comfortably, to Ioana Raluca Olaru, 64 60. She will next face rising star Tamira Paszek, who won a thrilling match to No. 7 seed Pauline Parmentier, 62 26 63.
No. 5 seed Gisela Dulko was the other seeded loser of the day, falling to junior No. 1 Aranxta Rus in straight sets 64 64. She will take on Camille Pin, who won her match to Alla Kudryavtseva 26 60 62.
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