Updated: October 14, 2009, 7:46 AM ET
Bartoli to face Mirza in quarters
OSAKA, Japan -- Second-seeded Marion Bartoli of France advanced to the quarterfinals of the Japan's Women's Open on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Japan's Karumi Nara.
Need the scores from any match played in today's tournaments? Bartoli, who won this tournament in 2006, will face India's Sania Mirza in the quarterfinals of the $220,000 event. Mirza defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova of Ukraine 6-4, 6-3 in an earlier match.
Fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone of Italy also advanced with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 win over Taiwan's Chan Yung-jan.
Schiavone will next face seventh-seeded Melinda Czink of Hungary, who defeated American Vania King 6-4, 6-2.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
