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Clijsters cruises into quarterfinals

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, June 18 (UPI) -- Just over a week after meeting in the French Open final, Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne rolled into the quarterfinals Wednesday at the Ordina Open.

The top seed, Clijsters posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Cara Black of Zimbabwe. The 2001 Ordina Open winner, No. 2 Henin-Hardenne got past Maria-Antonia Sanchez-Lorenzo of Spain, 6-4, 6-3.

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On the men's side, Raemon Sluiter upset No. 2 Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, 7-5, 6-4, to lead three Dutch players into the quarterfinals.

Henin-Hardenne crushed Clijsters, 6-0, 6-4, on June 7 to capture the French Open crown for her first career Grand Slam title.

Clijsters' quarterfinal opponent here will be Slovenia's Tina Pisnik, who upset compatriot Katarina Srebotnik, the eighth seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Henin-Hardenne next faces Slovakia's Ludmila Cervanova.

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