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Rubin, Hantuchova reach quarterfinal
Defending champion Chanda Rubin and Daniela Hantuchova charged into the quarterfinal of the Eastbourne grass-court championships.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: February 25, 2007 08:48 AM IST
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Eastbourne: Defending champion Chanda Rubin charged into the quarterfinal of the Eastbourne grass-court championships today, beating Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand 6-0, 6-3. In a match that started close but wound up one-sided, Tamarine held points to win three of the first four games, but twice dropped her serve after leading 40-0 and then failed to win a break point at 3-0. The players exchanged breaks as the second set got underway, and Tamarine again dropped her serve from 40-0 to give the second seeded American a break for 4-3. In the final game, Rubin broke again to claim victory on her third match point. Daniela Hantuchova had to hold off a stronger challenge from American Alexandra Stevenson before she also advanced to the last eight. The fourth-seeded Slovak took one hour 45-minutes to secure a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 victory, and struggled throughout the match to overcome her hard-hitting opponent. Meanwhile, Jennifer Capriati staged a late fightback to beat fellow American Amy Frazier 6-1, 7-5. In another match on the third day of the final grasscourt warm-up for Wimbledon, Nathalie Dechy of France upset seventh seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-1, 7-5. (AP)
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