Updated: September 24, 2008, 5:19 PM ET
Peer to face Craybas in Korea Open quarterfinals
SEOUL, South Korea -- Israel's Shahar Peer beat Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday to advance to the Korea Open quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Peer will face American Jill Craybas, a 7-6 (1), 6-2 winner over Uzbekistan's Agkul Amanmuradova 7-6 (1), 6-2.
Australia's Samantha Stosur will face Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in another quarterfinal. Stosur beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3, and Makarova topped the Czech Republic's Klara Zakopalova 6-3, 6-2.
Top-seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia will face the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova on Thursday in a second-round match.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
