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Stosur into last eight

Thursday 13 October 2011 14:46, UK

Image: Sam Stosur: Faces Scheepers next

US Open champion Samantha Stosur breezed into the quarter-finals of the HP Open on Thursday.

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Few problems for US Open champion in Osaka

US Open champion Samantha Stosur breezed into the quarter-finals of the HP Open on Thursday. The Australian progressed in Osaka with a straight-sets defeat of home hope Misaki Doi. The world number 113 fought hard but could not prevent Stosur from posting a 6-2 6-4 victory which sets up a quarter-final with South African Chanelle Scheepers. Scheepers needed a final-set tie-break to see off qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova. Shvedova claimed the opener but Scheepers hit back to win 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7/5). Elsewhere, second seed Marion Bartoli, of France, dropped just three games as she beat American Vania King 6-1 6-2, while sixth seed Ayumi Morita kept home hopes alive with a 6-2 6-3 triumph over Greece's Eleni Daniilidou.

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