Updated: September 18, 2008, 2:30 PM ET
Zvonareva to face Knapp in quarterfinals
GUANGZHOU, China -- Top-seeded Vera Zvonareva defeated Xu Yifan 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou International.
Zvonareva, a bronze medalist at the Beijing Olympics, will face Karin Knapp.
Fourth-seeded Peng Shuai downed Lu Jingjing 6-3, 6-4 and will play unseeded American Jill Craybas.
Tamira Paszek defeated seventh-seeded Pauline Parmentier 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, setting up a match with Zheng Jie, who defeated Raluca Ioana Olaru 6-4, 6-0.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
