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Frenchwomen take control at Korea Open Championship

Tatiana Golovin of France returns the ball to Argentina's Mariana Diaz-Oliva at the Korea Open Tennis Championship in Seoul yesterday. Golovin won the match 6-1, 6-2. PHOTO: AFP

Frenchwomen Tatiana Golovin and Marion Bartoli dominated their opponents yesterday to cruise into the Korea Open quarterfinals. Second-seeded Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic trounced Japan's Akiko Morigami 6-2, 6-1 to also earn herself a spot in the final eight alongside Colombia's Catalina Castano, who upset No. 4 Gisela Dulko of Argentina 6-3, 6-0.

Third-seeded Golovin easily dispatched Mariana Diaz-Oliva of Argentina 6-1, 6-2 and No. 7 Bartoli was unforgiving as she improved her record against Japan's Saori Obata to 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 win. In other second-round play yesterday, Laura Granville of the US downed Australia's Nicole Pratt 6-2, 6-3 and Japan's Ai Sugiyama had a clean 6-4, 6-3 victory over Martina Muller of Germany.

Sixth-seeded Vera Douchevina of Russia now meets top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Montenegro in the quarterfinals.
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