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 | Kvitova continues to 1/4-final in New Haven24-08-2012 |
Seeded 2 Petra Kvitova qualified for the quarterfinals after beating Nicole Gibbs with 6:2, 6:4 in the tennis tournament in New Haven with a prize fund 637 000 USD. 2011 Wimbledon champion is the only winner of the title "Grand Slam" who continues to participate in the prestigious tournament in Connecticut.
Last week, Kvitova won the title in Montreal and 10 days ago reached the semifinals in Cincinnati. The quarterfinals in New Haven representative of the Czech Republic will play with her compatriot Lucie Shafarjova who beat with 6:4, 6:0 Chinese woman Jie Chen.
Number 3 in the main draw Caroline Voznyatski also qualified for the next round, achieving victory with 7:6 (4), 6:2 against Swede Sofia Arvidsson. In the quarterfinals, Wozniacki will play with the Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova, who won with 6:4, 6:1 against Andrea Petkovic (Germany).
The other two quarterfinals are Olga Govortsova (Belarus) vs. Maria Kirilenko (RUS) and Marion Bartoli (France) vs. Sara Errani (Italy).