Suarez Navarro beats Loit to advance
BARCELONA, Spain -- Fifth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open on Thursday by beating France's Emilie Loit 6-2, 7-5.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Suarez Navarro is one of only two seeds remaining in the outdoor clay competition. Sixth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia, the defending champion, reached the last eight on Wednesday.
No. 7 Sara Errani of Italy was eliminated by the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-3, and Italy's Francesca Schiavone advanced by beating Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-3.
On Friday, Suarez Navarro will meet Germany's Tatjana Malek, who advanced after France's Stephanie Cohen-Aloro retired.
In other quarterfinals, Safarova meets Schiavone, Kirilenko faces Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain and Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus plays Roberta Vinci of Italy.
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