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Pennetta advances to face Olaru

Associated Press

Thursday, October 15, 2009

LINZ, Austria -- Top-seeded Flavia Pennetta retained her chance of reaching the WTA Championships by defeating Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the Generali Ladies quarterfinals on Thursday. The 11th-ranked Italian needs to win the tournament as well as next week's Kremlin Cup in Moscow to qualify for the elite season-ending event. Pennetta dropped serve three times and saved eight more break points while struggling against Groenefeld. She next plays unseeded Ioana Ral ...

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