One of two seeds goes through to quarters; wildcard ousts qualifier on Day 4 in Portoroz

Only one of two seeds in the bottom half of the Portoroz draw advanced to the quartefinals, and that was No. 5 seed Sara Errani, who ousted Klara Zakopalova in easy straight sets on Day 4 in Slovenia.

Zakopalova was no challenge for Errani, as the Italian won the match with a score of 61 61.

No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova was the seed that fell, to Camille Pin, 64 64.

The other winners of the day were Alberta Brianti, who defeated Olga Govortsova, 64 61; and wildcard Petra Martic, who bested Vesna Manasieva, 61 63.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Singles - Second Round

(5) Sara Errani (ITA) d. Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 61 61

Camille Pin (FRA) d. (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 64 64

Alberta Brianti (ITA) d. Olga Govortsova (BLR) 64 61

(WC) Petra Martic (CRO) d. (Q) Vesna Manasieva (RUS) 61 63