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 | Marion Bartoli qualified for the quarterfinals20-10-2011 |
Seeded third in the main draw Marion Bartoli (France) maintained chances to qualify for the WTA Tour Championships, defeating Ksenia Pervak (Russia) 6-1, 6-1 in the second round match of the tournament in the Russian capital Moscow with prize money 721,000 dollars. Bartoli, who qualified for the quarterfinals, should take the title in Moscow to get a ranking of the last tournament of the season in women's tennis in Istanbul (Turkey). The other two matches today placed 8th Dominica Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic) 7-6 (5), 6-2, and Elena Vesnina (Russia) remove her compatriot Ekaterina Ivanova 6-3, 6 4. 19.00 hours a meeting of the first rocket of Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova with Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova.