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Upsets mark second round at Pattaya Open

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Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns the ball to Shahar Peer of Israel during Round Four of the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in New York on September 3, 2007. Peer won 6-4, 6-1. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns the ball to Shahar Peer of Israel during Round Four of the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in New York on September 3, 2007. Peer won 6-4, 6-1. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) 
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Published: Feb. 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM

PATTAYA, Thailand, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- No. 2-seeded Casey Dellacqua was among three upset victims Thursday in second-round play at the $170,000 Pattaya Women's Open tennis tournament in Thailand.

Dellacqua, fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber and No. 9-seeded Tzipora Obziler all were ousted Thursday, with only Dellacqua managing to win a set. She was beaten, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, by Andreja Klepac.

Kerber dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Vesna Manasieva and Akgul Amanmuradova swept by Obziler, 6-4, 6-2.

Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska advanced to Friday's quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Anne Kremer and will go against local favorite Tamarine Tanasugarn, who escaped with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Olga Poutchkova in her second-round match.

Also Thursday, fourth-seeded Yung-Jan Chan defeated Lilia Osterloh, 6-4, 6-2, No. 7 Jill Craybas got by Renata Voracova, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, and Ekaterina Bychkova beat Sunitha Rao, 6-4, 6-4.

In addition to the Radwanska-Tanasugarn match, other quarterfinal pairings Friday have Chan playing Amanmuradova, Craybas going against Klepac and Manasieva meeting Bychkova.

Topics: Agnieszka Radwanska, Akgul Amanmuradova, Andreja Klepac, Angelique Kerber, Anne Kremer, Ekaterina Bychkova, Jill Craybas, Lilia Osterloh, Sunitha Rao, Tamarine Tanasugarn, Yung-Jan Chan
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