Safina cruises; Safarova upset
PORTOROZ, Slovenia -- Top-ranked Dinara Safina cruised into the quarterfinals of the Slovenia Open by routing fellow Russian Ksenia Pervak 6-1, 6-2.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Safina was playing her first tournament since losing to Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semifinals. She needed just 1 hour, 17 minutes on Wednesday to oust the 18-year-old qualifier.
Safina saved three break points in the third game of the first set and cruised from there, though Pervak did manage a break to make it 4-2 in the second.
Safina will next face either Maria Elena Camerin of Italy or seventh-seeded Vera Dushevina of Russia, who played later.
Also Wednesday, sixth-seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic was upset by Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
