MONTREAL (AP) — Victoria Azarenka and Marion Bartoli won in straight sets Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup.
Azarenka, the 10th seed from Belarus, defeated ninth-seeded Li Na of China 6-3, 6-3., while 17th-seeded Bartoli ousted Czech qualifier Iveta Benesova 6-0, 6-1. Benesova was coming off an upset win over top-seeded Jelena Jankovic.
Azarenka and Bartoli will face each other on Friday.
Other players in action Thursday include fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva, second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, No. 5 seed Kim Clijsters and sixth-seeded Francesca Schiavone.
