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Chan Yung-jan storms quarter-finals

Eighth-seeded Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然) of Taiwan and fourth-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA Sunfeast Open on Wednesday.

Chan outplayed Slovakia's Jarmila Gajdosova 6-1, 6-2 in the second round, while Kirilenko smashed out fellow Russian Ekaterina Ivanova 6-1, 6-4.

Chan's supremacy over Gajdosova resulted in three service breaks in the second, fourth and sixth games of the opening set after she conceded the first point. Two more breaks secured Chan the second set and a place in the quarter-finals.

Ivanova, who came through a qualifying event, could only win the third game of the opening set against Kirilenko, who forced service breaks in the first, fifth and seventh games.

Kirilenko faced a stiffer challenge in the second set when Ivanova effected a service break in the third game, but fancied Kirilenko broke back in the sixth and 10th games to clinch the set.

Unseeded Tzipora Obziler from Israel also made the quarter-finals when she rallied from a first-set deficit to prevail 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 against Casey Dellacqua of Australia.

Second-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia started with a 6-2, 6-1 victory against Poland's Marta Domachowska in the first round.

Seventh-seeded Flavia Pennetta from Italy defeated Indian wild card Tara Iyer 6-3, 6-1.

In other first round fixtures, Britain's Anne Keothavong beat Italian Sara Errani 6-4, 6-4 and Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine posted a 6-3, 6-3 win against Australian Monique Adamczak.
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