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Kirilenko, Safarova, Gallovits, Ivanova advance

Associated Press

Thursday, June 12, 2008

BARCELONA, Spain -- Second-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia needed more than two hours to beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 on Thursday and advance to the quarterfinals of the Torneo Barcelona. Kirilenko converted seven of 13 break-point opportunties against Suarez Navarro, who last week reached the French Open quarterfinals. No. 4 Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic also had trouble advancing, holding on to beat Spanish wild card Arantxa Parra 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Romania's Edina Gall ...

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