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Third and fourth seeds win in Slovenia

Published: July 23, 2008 at 8:19 PM

PORTOROZ, Slovenia, July 23 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki and No. 4 Anabel Medina Garrigues cruised to second-round victories Wednesday at the Banka Koper Slovenia Open in Portoroz.

The 18-year-old Wozniacki, from Denmark, smashed Croatian Karolina Sprem 6-1, 6-1.

Medina Garrigues, from Valencia, Spain, topped unseeded Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4.

"I think I played a really good match," said Wozniacki, who qualified for a quarterfinal for the fourth time this season. "I played my game and I think we had quite a few long rallies. I'm happy I managed to pull it through. Karolina is a really good player so I'm happy I won the match today."

In other second-round matches, Petra Martic of Croatia downed former champion Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3); while Russian Vera Dushevina trounced Englishwoman Katie O'Brien 6-3, 6-2.

The second round concludes on Thursday with top-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia facing Italian Roberta Vinci; and No. 2 seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia plays German Julia Goerges.

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