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Wozniacki leads winners at Quebec City

Published: Oct. 30, 2008 at 11:37 PM

QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada was among Thursday's second-round winners at the Bell women's tennis challenge in Quebec City.

The fifth-seeded Wozniak, a native of Montreal, easily dispatched American Carly Gullickson 6-3, 6-2. She entered the tournament with a No. 37 world ranking.

Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan defeated Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-1, 6-3; France's Nathalie Dechy knocked off seventh-seeded Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-1, 7-5; and American Angela Haynes downed France's Severine Bremond 6-2, 6-4.

Friday's quarterfinals are Wozniacki- Voskoboeva; top-seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia against Hungary's Melinda Czink; sixth-seeded Bethanie Mattek against fellow American Melanie Oudin; and Dechy vs. Haynes.

Sunday's Quebec City champion will take home $28,000.

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