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Kirilenko advances as Schiavone retires

Associated Press

Thursday, September 24, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea -- Defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia advanced to the Korea Open quarterfinals on Thursday by beating Francesca Schiavone, who retired with an injury early in the second set. Kirilenko was leading the third-seeded Schiavone 6-1, 1-2 in the second round when the Italian, who had taken a medical time-out in the first set with an apparent right thigh injury, retired. Kirilenko will next play seventh-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia, who beat Anastasija Sevastova of Lat ...

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