Errani reaches quarterfinals of Pan Pacific

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Errani reaches quarterfinals of Pan Pacific

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It was a tough match on this fast court, Sara Errani said.

26 September,2012 11:53 am

Sara Errani of Italy beat Frances Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open.After struggling in the first set, the sixth-seeded Errani broke No. 9 Bartoli in the second game of the second set and never looked back.It was a tough match on this fast court, Errani said. I didnt start off well but neither did she. She got a little tired in the second set and thats when I started to play better.Errani, who has won three WTA titles this year, will face the winner of Wednesdays third-round match between Nadia Petrova and Petra Martic in the quarterfinals.In other matches, eighth-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia beat Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-4, 7-5 while No. 17 Nadia Petrova of Russia beat Croatias Petra Martic 7-6 (2), 6-7 (1), 6-4.Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus faces 14th-seeded Roberta Vinci of Italy later Wednesday while two-time champion Maria Sharapova of Russia, seeded second, takes on Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.