BAD GASTEIN, Austria, July 27 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Francesca Schiavone earned a quarterfinal victory Friday in the $175,000 Gastein Ladies clay-court tennis tournament in Austria.
Schiavone snapped Agnes Szavay's seven-match winning streak with a tight 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4 win. Szavay was coming off a tournament title at Palermo last week.
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Schiavone advanced to Saturday's semifinals against No. 4-seeded Kaia Kanepi, who ousted Renata Voracova 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the quarterfinals.
The other Gastein semifinal pits Karin Knapp against local favorites Yvonne Meusburger. Knapp beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1 while Meusburger posted the only straight-set win Friday, upsetting No. 8-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-1, 6-4.
