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Wozniacki off Ticket to Quarterfinals Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina (AFP / Reuters) - Top seed Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the quarterfinals of the Danish Family Circle Cup with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Swiss Patty Schnyder, Thursday.

19-year-old Danish player, who lost in last year's finals, then going against the Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova, the 2006 champion who earlier beat Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2 6-4.

Wozniacki and Petrova has a record of attendance (head-to-head), 1-1 with Danish tennis world number two had won the last meeting at Indian Wells last month in three sets.

Second seed Jelena Jankovic, who won the title in 2007, advanced to the round of eight with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Evgeniya Rodina of Russia in their first meeting.

Serbian tennis player's home next face eighth seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia needed two hours 44 minutes to overcome the German tennis player Angelique Kerber 6-7 7-5 6-3.

Russian seventh seed Vera Zvonareva also stepped into the third round after clearing the ninth seed Alona Bondarenko Ukraine 6-2 6-1 in just one hour.