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OSAKA, Japan, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Marion Bartoli used a straight-set rout Wednesday to earn a quarterfinals berth at the $220,000 HP Japan Women's Open tennis tournament.
Bartoli, the tournament's No. 2 seed, blasted hometown favorite Kurumi Nara 6-1, 6-1 in a second-round match that took 61 minutes. Bartoli broke Nara's serve five times in seven tries and didn't face a break point of her own serve.
She next goes against Sania Mirza, who was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Viktoriya Kutuzova in her match Wednesday. Mirza had six double faults and four dropped service games but still managed to win.
Another quarterfinal pairing was set as fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone and No. 7-seeded Melinda Czink advanced out of the second round and will meet Friday.
Schiavone overcame a poor second set, in which she won only 10 points, in a 6-3, 0-6, 6-3 victory over Yung-Jan Chan while Czink posted a solid 6-4, 6-2 win over Vania King.
The other two quarterfinal matches will be determined Thursday. The four second-round matches ahead include top-seeded and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki going against Katie O'Brien.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
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MESA, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Jesse Farrelly, the 20-year-old son of filmmaker Bobby Farrelly, has died in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a long battle with drug addiction, his family said.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
A zebra's black and white stripes, puzzling biologists for centuries, may have been an evolutionary defense against biting insects, Hungarian researchers say.
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